Summer is finally here! Today is the first day of meteorological summer, and all forecasts you may have heard for summer begin today and run through August 31. Summer is also the longest season of the year tied with Spring. Summer and Spring are 92 days long, autumn is 91 days and winter is only… Read more Summer 2021
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Better Summer
The spring wheat crop in North Dakota is projected by the USDA to be 50% higher than last year. Some of that is from extra planting acres in comparison to 2017 and some is because weather conditions have been much more favorable this year. Average yield is forecasted to be up 7 bushels an acre… Read more Better Summer
2017 vs 2018
This past winter and spring there was much talk about how dry this summer was going to be and drought 17 would continue this year. For me, I reminded everyone that historically, we never really had to years as dry as 2017 in a row and odds favored a more normal summer for precipitation, in… Read more 2017 vs 2018
Warm June
Temperatures so far this month are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than average across much of North Dakota into west central Minnesota. Northwestern Minnesota is running close to average, as is far eastern Montana. Although the temperatures have been below average the past few days, with the exception of the southern Red River Valley, the… Read more Warm June
Solstice
The summer solstice occurs tomorrow morning. The solstice occurs when the sun’s direct rays reach the Tropic of Cancer which is approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator. Using I94 as a reference point which is near 47 degrees north latitude, at solar noon tomorrow, which will be well of 1 PM across much of… Read more Solstice
Start of Summer 2018
Memorial Day weekend is often considered the start of the summer season and has many people wondering what to expect weather wise the next few months. By analyzing weather and oceanic conditions in the past that are similar to what has been occurring recently and then looking at the resultant summer conditions, leads me to… Read more Start of Summer 2018
Summer 2017
The summer of 2017 ranked as the 19th driest on record for the state of North Dakota based on data from the National Centers of Environmental Information (NCEI). The southwestern portion of the state had the lowest ranking as the 7th driest and southeastern north Dakota had the highest ranking as the 36th driest. This past… Read more Summer 2017
First Half of Summer 2015
Below are some graphical representations of several weather parameters for the first half (June 1 through July 15) of Summer 2015. Daryl Ritchison
The Missing 100s
About one month ago I wrote a blog on the lack of 90° days this year. With so few 90° readings recorded in the state of North Dakota this year (and many other states as well) it will be of no surprise that 100° readings would also be lacking this year. In fact, 2014 looks… Read more The Missing 100s
In Search of 70° Lows
Cool weather statistics come to mind much more readily than warm weather facts for the past several months and that has been especially true this summer. In early August you may recall I wrote a blog “Where have all the 90s gone” and since I wrote that, almost no additional 90s have been reported in North… Read more In Search of 70° Lows