FAIRFIELD, NORTH DAKOTA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		5.2		-10.9		-7.8		-2.2		5.2		11.7		16.7		20.5		19.9		13.6		6.9		-2		-8.6

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		11.7		-5.5		-2.3		3.6		11.9		18.7		23.4		27.9		27.7		20.8		13.5		3.4		-3.3

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-1.2		-16.2		-13.4		-8		-1.5		4.8		9.9		13.1		12.2		6.3		0.3		-7.4		-13.9

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		42.8		13.9		17.8		23.9		32.2		36.7		40		42.8		39.4		38.3		33.3		25.6		16.7

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-38.9		-37.8		-37.8		-32.2		-21.7		-11.1		-3.9		3.3		0.6		-8.3		-20.6		-29.4		-38.9

Average Number of Days Above 100F/38C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2.1		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		1.3		0.6		0.1		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		16.5		---		---		---		---		0.3		1.3		6.2		7.1		1.5		0.1		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		64.5		---		---		---		0.8		3.5		10		21.1		20.7		7.5		0.9		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		118.3		---		---		0.5		4.3		12.4		21.8		29.2		28.7		16.3		4.9		0.2		---

Average Number of Days Above 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		166.9		---		---		2.5		11.7		22.8		28.5		30.8		30.6		24.9		12.4		2.5		0.1

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		210.1		0.4		2.5		8.4		20.3		28.7		29.9		31		31		28.7		20.9		7.3		0.9

Average Number of Days Above 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		257.5		5		8.3		17		26.3		30.7		30		31		31		29.7		27.8		15.2		5.5

Average Number of Days Below 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		364.2		31		28		31		30		31		29.9		30.6		30.7		30		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		343.9		31		28		31		30		30.8		27.2		21.7		23.1		29.2		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		280		31		28		31		29.7		25.8		12.1		2.7		6.5		22.1		30.1		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		221		31		28		30.8		25.4		10.9		1.3		---		0.3		8.4		24.5		29.5		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		186.3		30.4		27.5		28.7		19.4		4.7		0.2		---		---		2.8		15.2		27.1		30.2

Average Number of Days Below 20F/-6C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		100.8		24.8		19.4		12.6		3		---		---		---		---		---		2.5		13.6		24.8

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		59.1		17		13.1		6.1		0.5		---		---		---		---		---		0.6		5.9		15.9

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		39.3		13.5		9.2		3.4		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		2.8		10.1

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		389		9		8		15		34		54		89		57		44		36		24		12		7

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		71		4		4		5		6		9		11		8		6		6		4		4		4

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		213		30		52		47		110		140		213		179		150		143		113		68		32

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		---		---		---		---		---		1		20		8		---		---		---		---		---

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		108.7		14.2		22.9		48.3		69.3		68.6		108.7		83.8		91.4		90.2		47.8		37.3		14.2

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.1in/2.5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		37.2		0.9		1		2.2		3.5		5.2		6		5.5		3.5		3.7		2.6		2		1.1

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		37		1		1		2		3		5		7		5		4		4		2		2		1

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7		---		---		---		1		1		2		1		1		1		---		---		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.5in/13mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7		---		0.1		0.1		0.6		0.9		1.8		1.3		0.9		0.7		0.5		0.1		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1		---		---		---		---		---		1		---		---		---		---		---		---

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		85.3		14		12.4		14.2		11.4		2.5		---		---		---		0.5		5.8		12.4		11.9

Average Number of Days With Snow

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		22		3.8		3.7		3.8		1.9		0.4		---		---		---		0.2		1.1		3		4.1

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 83

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		67.3		66		63		50.8		67.3		33		7.6		---		---		12.7		45.7		63.5		47

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 1in/2.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		13		1.7		1.9		2.4		1.5		0.3		---		---		---		0.1		0.9		2		2.2

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 3in/7.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4.3		0.4		0.5		0.7		0.8		0.1		---		---		---		---		0.5		0.6		0.7

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 5in/12.7cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		0.9		---		0.2		0.1		0.3		0.1		---		---		---		---		0.1		---		0.1

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		8463		1539		1263		1076		646		335		111		22		40		247		639		1065		1480

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		514		---		---		---		1		14		72		202		182		42		2		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2263		---		---		4		50		199		414		645		608		278		61		5		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.8		9.6		10.9		12.5		14.2		15.7		16.5		16.1		14.7		13		11.3		9.9		9.1

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.6		5.1		8.3		12.4		17.3		20.7		22.2		23.5		19.8		14.6		9.7		5.8		4.4

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.2		3		4.3		6.2		7.6		8.8		9.4		9.1		8		6.5		4.8		3.3		2.6

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		15.2		9		12.8		15.7		18.1		19		19.3		20.9		19.7		16.9		13.2		9.8		7.8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		14.9		7.8		11.2		13.5		17.5		19.8		20.9		23.6		20.6		16.1		12.5		8.5		7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.6		5.1		8.3		12.4		17.3		20.7		22.2		23.5		19.8		14.6		9.7		5.8		4.4

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.4		3.3		4.6		6.5		7.8		9		9.6		9.4		8.3		7.1		5.1		3.7		2.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.4		10.7		14.5		17.9		21.8		20.8		22.6		22.6		22.1		19.9		14.9		11.5		8.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.9		9.3		13.1		16.1		23.1		23		26.9		26.4		24		19.8		14.4		10.6		8.2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		10.8		4.5		7		9.5		15		15.7		17.8		16.1		16.4		11		8.1		4.8		3.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5.8		2.7		3.8		5.6		7.5		8.8		9.3		9		7.9		6		4.2		2.9		2.2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		11.8		7.7		10.4		11.8		15.3		14.3		15.5		14.3		16.1		12.1		10.8		7.8		5.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		9.9		6.5		8.8		8.6		13.2		11.2		13.4		11.3		14.4		10		9.8		6.4		5.1