On Monday, July 21, 2014, during the late afternoon and evening hours, a severe weather event moved across North Dakota. Below is the radar summaries of the storm from both the WSR-88D in Bismarck and Mayville, North Dakota. The line of thunderstorms that moved through across the state produced mainly wind damage as symbolized… Read more Severe Weather Recap
Category: This Day In History
Record Low Maximums for July 14
Here is a list of some of the Record Low Maximums for July 14 in North Dakota. CITY RECORD … Read more Record Low Maximums for July 14
The Drought of the 1930s
“Hot winds. Leaves on trees and shrubbery cooked” Mrs. Rollo S. Armstrong, cooperative observer, Steele, ND, July 6, 1936 The dust bowl, the dirty 30s, the great drought, no matter what you call it, the dry conditions during the 1930s in North Dakota were some of most extreme since European settlement of the state in… Read more The Drought of the 1930s
The Fargo Tornado of June 20, 1957
Today is the anniversary of the Fargo tornado of 1957 that was classified as a F5 by Ted Fujita, the developer of the original F scale (named in his honor). The Fargo tornado was actually one of several tornadoes that formed that day. The Fargo tornado was the 3rd of the series that developed in… Read more The Fargo Tornado of June 20, 1957
June 18, 1998
Today is my son’s 16th birthday. This day not only brings memories of the birth of my first child, but also of the weather that was occurring outside our hospital window that afternoon in 1998. An area of low-pressure was moving slowly across the Red River Valley that day triggering pockets of heavy rainfall. One… Read more June 18, 1998