Monthly Archives: September 2011

90°?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

As many of you already know, the high temperature on Wednesday was 90 degrees.  Or was it?  The Moorhead airport recorded a high of 84 degrees that day, my home thermometer registered 86 degrees, our cooperative observer reported 88 degrees … Continue reading →

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Never Ever

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

As many of our frequent readers to this space probably know, I love weather statistics.   Since the days of my first computer, downloading weather data and then parsing the numbers into averages, standard deviations and other not so common statistical … Continue reading →

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Dry But Wet

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

After a summer with the Red River in Fargo being above flood stage persistently, the past several weeks with the levels much lower has been a welcome sight.  Yet, by historical standards, the amount of water flowing through town is … Continue reading →

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Autumn Blue

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Our recent stretch of sunny days has prompted many people to comment to me about how beautiful the sky is this time of year.  In some ways, the fall foliage show each year is spectacular not only because of the … Continue reading →

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Joplin

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

The National Weather Service released their assessment report for the Joplin,Missouri tornado last week.  That tornado was responsible for the death of 159 people and injured over 1000.  The report has a lot of analysis on how the public responded … Continue reading →

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Contrails Galore

Posted on September 22, 2011 by John Wheeler

A couple of weekends ago, when the weather was clear and near 90 degrees and so many of us were outside trying to soak up as much warm sunshine as we could, a lot of people noticed that jet trails … Continue reading →

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Early Frost Means?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by John Wheeler

An early frost should not be taken as a sign that the upcoming winter will be a cold one.  Likewise, an early snow is not an indication of a snowy winter.  While these preseason jolts of weather can be a … Continue reading →

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Stuck Weather

Posted on September 20, 2011 by John Wheeler

The summer edition of the Quarterly North Dakota Climate Bulletin, released last week by State Climatologist, Adnan Akyuz, has a report on the severe weather season across the state.  You will not be surprised to learn that there were many … Continue reading →

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Measuring Rain

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

Aristotle in is book Meteorologica, written in 340 BC, wrote about the different types of precipitation, yet, there was no mention of the actual measurement of rain or snow.    It would take well over another millennium before the concept of … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

As we move into the second half of September the number the truly mild days will decrease rapidly.  After today, Fargo Moorhead averages only 12 days with a high above 70 degrees with two of those days reaching 80 degrees … Continue reading →

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