I’m sure most of you have noticed the change in the weather pattern in recent weeks. I’m not talking about the seasonal change that comes every year that it is cooler, but instead the frequency of precipitation. We seem to have a disturbance or two each week. Each spot gets differing amounts of rain and… Read more Changes Continue
Tag: autumn
Early Frost Part 2
Yesterday in this blog, I mentioned at the moment it doesn’t look like a very early freeze will occur this year like we recorded in early September 2020. Looking at the past, such an early freeze is historically unusual, so just playing the odds would favor not recording a freeze as early as the region… Read more Early Frost Part 2
Autumn Weather
It is that time of year when a very commonly asked question to me is what do you think the weather will be this autumn. Most of the questions come from the perspective of are we going to turn wet. As with all long-term forecasts there will be exceptions, for examples there are areas this… Read more Autumn Weather
AMO and Autumns
We have had a string of above average autumns since the turn of the century. We have had a couple of cool autumns, but a vast majority of been above average. I get asked a lot about this trend and if it will continue. Of course, historically, no such seasonal pattern has ever continued and… Read more AMO and Autumns
Damp
As the growing season comes to a close we are now entering drying season for many. Those classic warm sunny autumn days with very low relative humidity values are of course ideal for lowering the moisture levels of all crops. The rest of this week is not going to provide many opportunities for that classic… Read more Damp
End of Autumn
Today is the last day of meteorological autumn. Autumn is the transitional season between the three warmest months of the year, to the three coldest months of the year. Autumn 2017 was near average for temperatures with the cold November helping with the trend toward average after warmer than average September and October. Temperatures may… Read more End of Autumn
Another Cold Front
Another cold front will be moving through the area today. There is going to be some big differences between northern North Dakota and southern North Dakota on air temperatures, but by tomorrow most locations will record highs in the 40s, similar to what we experienced last week. With averages only in the 50s now, anything… Read more Another Cold Front
The Gloomy Season
As we progress into autumn, not only will the temperatures slowly drop, but our sky will change as well. No, the sky will stay blue, but instead of being filled with puffy cumulus clouds that on occasion turn to thunderstorms, our clouds instead will become flat and like a sheet. In fact, the word stratus… Read more The Gloomy Season
Autumn Dry Down
As summer 2016 winds down, one noticeable aspect of our weather that will change is that thunderstorms will become less common. That in turn will also mean that rainfall amounts generally drop. The wettest month of the year is June with a statewide average rainfall of nearly three and a half inches. July that average… Read more Autumn Dry Down
9/29/15: Frosty for Many
Here are the minimums recorded at the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network Mesonet Stations this morning, Tuesday, September 29, 2015.