Depending on where you’re reading this from, you have had nearly 2 full weeks of mostly below average temperatures, or you’ve been below average on more days than not the past couple of weeks. Northern North Dakota in particular has recorded very few days if any suitable for field work recently. The cold weather will… Read more Cool Stretch
Month: April 2017
Late Snow
The snowfall this week in many locations brings questions about late season snow events. Not getting April snow is what is unusual, not recording it. In recent days, some areas recorded zero snow, some location just some flakes in the air that melted on contact, but other areas recorded several inches. Back in 2008, Fargo… Read more Late Snow
Cool Soil
Soil temperatures remain too cool to plant corn for most areas, plus, the rains from last week, but additional rains this week will keep the soil wet. To add to this, temperatures this week do not look all that warm, just near average more often than not. A couple of weeks ago in this segment… Read more Cool Soil
Weekly Rain
Monday night rains added up to over 1” in far southeastern North Dakota as well as a stretch along Highway 200 in the east central of the state. Another rain maker, albeit much lighter impacting many areas on Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night. There have been numerous storm systems in the past several weeks, but… Read more Weekly Rain
Averages
Average high temperatures are currently in the mid to upper 50s across much of the area with the exception of far northeastern North Dakota until northwestern Minnesota where the averages are in the lower 50s. Average low temperatures are in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. By the end of the month those averages… Read more Averages
Future Rain
Precipitation never falls evenly on the northern plains. Usually it is either too wet or too dry. We often calculate the average weekly or monthly precipitation however, throughout the year, there are many more days without precipitation than days with rain or snow making averages not necessarily useful. Typically, we go through a year with… Read more Future Rain
Dry For Now
Precipitation never falls evenly on the northern plains. Usually it is either too wet or too dry. We often calculate the average weekly or monthly precipitation however, throughout the year, there are many more days without precipitation than days with rain or snow making averages not necessarily useful. Typically, we go through a year with… Read more Dry For Now
Transitioning
Temperatures will be warming up this week and maximums back in the 60s will clearly be possible in much of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota later this week. But just like what occurred yesterday, it appears that colder air will be moving back into the area early next week. That transition to cold may bring… Read more Transitioning