John Wheeler

1 week ago | inforum.com | John Wheeler

FARGO โ€” Warm weather in the spring is a great deal different from warm weather in summer. Those first few afternoons in the 70s always feel luxuriously warm following our long Northern Plains winters. However, these days are usually warm for only a few hours following rather chilly mornings. More often than not, our early season warm days are also quite windy. Warm weather in summer is average rather than the exception, and so a lot less special.

1 week ago | inforum.com | John Wheeler

FARGO โ€” Welcome to the time of the year in which many of the days present themselves one way in the morning and another way entirely later in the day. From April through June, the three months that act the most like spring here in the Northern Plains and far Upper Midwest, the mornings often begin delightfully, with sunny skies, a light breeze and the suggestion of warm temperatures to come later in the day. Around midday, the warmth has arrived and the day is thriving.

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | John Wheeler

FARGO โ€” The heavy, slushy accumulations of snow early this week illustrated a striking difference between freshly fallen April snow and old winter snow pack slowly melting in April. The snow that fell Monday and Tuesday was barely 32 degrees. An old snow pack from midwinter, particularly if it is still fairly deep, tends to harbor temperatures several degrees below freezing. This old, cold snow takes much longer to melt than slushy, fresh snow that is almost not frozen anyway.

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | John Wheeler

FARGO โ€” The recent snowstorm has had the unusual effect of making the month of April the snowiest of this winter season for Fargo and Moorhead. The measurement of 6.7 inches of snow April 2-3 is more snow accumulation than has been measured in any of the months this winter. Fargo got 4.6 inches in November, 5.8 inches in December, 3.0 inches in January, 6.4 inches in February, and just 1.4 inches in March.

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | John Wheeler

FARGO โ€” The month of March was warm and dry. The average daily high temperature in Fargo was 44.7 degrees and the average low was 20.9 degrees, for an average daily mean temperature of 32.8 degrees, which is 5.6 degrees warmer than average. Only three days during the month had high temperatures of 32 degrees or colder and there were no subzero temperatures. The warmest temperature was 68 degrees March 14 and the coldest was 3 degrees March 1.