Monthly Archives: March 2011

Negative Weather

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Fargo Moorhead has recorded only 5 days in April with a temperature below zero.  All of those days have occurred in the first 4 days of the month and the last such occurrence was on April 3, 1975.  Therefore, it … Continue reading →

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On and On

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

On the morning of March 22 the official snow depth in Fargo Moorhead was 3 inches.  At that point, we were likely only one or two days away from eliminating our winter snow cover with the exception of the drifts … Continue reading →

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Outside Baseball

Posted on March 29, 2011 by John Wheeler

When the Minnesota Twins moved their home games outside last year, numerous naysayers remarked that outdoor baseball in Minneapolis in April would be a disaster.  But April, 2010, was kind to Twins fans.  It was 81 degrees on April 1 … Continue reading →

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Crazy Marches

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Three major floods in a row with three very different Marches.  March 2009 was one of the most remarkable Marches in the record book with it being the snowiest and wettest on record.  The 4.62 inches of rain in March … Continue reading →

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Flood Outlook

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

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Extreme

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Although we are still likely a month or more away from the threat of severe weather, the severe storm season is in progress to our south.  Already there have been several storm systems that have produced tornadoes, straight-line wind damage … Continue reading →

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Colder than Cold

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

The cold air that moved into the area behind the snow storm earlier this week has pushed temperatures well below seasonal averages.  Our current average high and low temperatures are 40 and 23 degrees.  Therefore, temperatures are running approximately 15 … Continue reading →

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Ice Jam Free Zone

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

I was in the process of writing a very similar article, but John beat me too it, so I’ll post his instead of my write up, but the Red often doesn’t have ice jams as the flow in a flood … Continue reading →

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Slow 50

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Our average first 50 degree high temperature in Fargo Moorhead occurs on March 18.  Our warmest day so far this year has back on February 13 when Hector Int?l topped off at 44 degrees.  The warmest day in March so … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on March 20, 2011 by John Wheeler

With a week of spring thaw conditions helping to fade the bitter memories of a hard winter, we should be reminded to keep our guard up.  It is likely that we will still have some days with falling snow and … Continue reading →

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