FESSENDEN, NORTH DAKOTA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		4.6		-14.1		-11.2		-3.9		5.5		12.4		17.4		20.8		19.9		14.1		7.1		-2.8		-10.6

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		11.3		-8.4		-5.3		1.8		12.4		19.9		24.6		28.4		28		21.9		14.2		2.9		-5

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-2.1		-19.8		-16.9		-9.6		-1.4		4.9		10.3		13.2		11.7		6.3		---		-8.3		-16.1

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		46.7		13.3		17.2		26.7		36.1		42.2		41.7		46.7		41.1		41.1		35.6		24.4		19.4

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-43.9		-42.2		-43.9		-36.1		-22.2		-15		-14.4		1.1		-3.3		-9.4		-23.3		-32.2		-41.1

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		0.7		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.4		0.2		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		18.2		---		---		---		0.1		0.9		2.2		6.4		6.8		1.8		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		61.2		---		---		---		1		4.5		10		19.2		18.7		6.9		1		---		---

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		121.3		---		---		0.1		5		14.5		22.8		29.2		28.5		16.1		4.8		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		165.4		---		---		0.7		11.4		24		28.9		30.8		30.8		25.1		12		1.7		---

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		203.9		---		0.9		4.7		20.7		29.1		30		31		31		29.5		21		5.9		0.1

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		238.2		1.5		4		11.9		26.2		30.8		30		31		31		30		27.1		11.9		2.9

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		363.6		31		28		31		30		31		29.7		30.3		30.6		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		341.2		31		28		31		30		30.2		25.8		20.7		23.5		29		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		276.3		31		28		31		29.5		24.6		10.2		3.1		6.8		21.3		30		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		219.6		31		28		30.9		25.4		11.2		1.1		---		0.4		7.2		23.8		29.5		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		191.2		30.8		27.8		29.2		19.2		6.1		0.4		---		0.1		3.3		15.8		27.8		30.7

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		107.8		27.4		21.2		13.8		2.9		---		---		---		---		---		2.4		14.5		25.6

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		68.2		20.8		15.4		6.7		0.5		---		---		---		---		---		0.3		6.1		18.3

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		53.9		18.5		13.5		5.3		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		3.3		13.1

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		442		13		13		18		33		60		88		66		53		43		27		16		14

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		70		5		4		4		6		8		10		8		7		6		4		4		4

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		243		61		80		62		124		173		211		243		179		145		89		62		47

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		---		---		---		---		---		1		14		6		3		---		---		---		---

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		101.6		20.3		63.5		44.5		49.8		67.3		101.6		90.7		95.2		73.9		44.5		50.8		23.6

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		38.7		1.3		1.4		1.8		2.6		6		6.3		5.3		4.9		3.7		2.5		1.6		1.3

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

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		44		2		2		2		4		6		7		5		5		4		3		2		2

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

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		9		---		---		---		1		1		2		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		9.7		---		0.1		0.1		0.4		1.6		2.1		1.8		1.3		1.4		0.8		0.1		---

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

Years on Record: 100

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

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		84.1		19.1		14.2		13.7		4.8		1		---		---		---		0.2		2.8		11.4		16.8

Average Number of Days With Snow

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		12.5		3.3		2.7		1.7		0.4		0.1		---		---		---		---		0.1		1.2		3

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 100

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		81.3		81.3		47.5		61		33.8		22.9		---		---		---		5.1		30		50.8		77.5

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		10.3		2.6		2.3		1.6		0.3		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.9		2.5

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		3.7		1.1		0.6		0.4		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.5		0.8

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		1.2		0.4		0.2		0.1		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.3

Avg. No. of Days w/Snowfall Above 10in/25cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		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		8918		1700		1377		1158		650		308		99		22		42		230		635		1108		1590

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		439		---		---		---		2		19		76		167		142		31		1		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2223		---		---		1		52		225		429		611		566		276		61		2		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.8		9.5		10.8		12.5		14.3		15.8		16.6		16.2		14.7		13		11.3		9.8		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		4.8		7.9		12.1		17.1		20.3		21.1		22		18.7		13.5		9		5.5		3.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.1		2.8		4.2		6.1		7.6		8.9		9.5		9.1		8		6.4		4.5		3.2		2.4

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		14.5		8.3		12.3		15.8		18.1		18.6		18.3		19.6		18.5		15.6		12.4		9.5		7.2

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		7.5		10.8		13.3		17.6		19.1		19		21.4		18.8		14.6		11.6		8.2		6.4

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		4.8		7.9		12.1		17.1		20.3		21.1		22		18.7		13.5		9		5.5		3.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.3		3.1		4.5		6.4		8		9.1		9.7		9.3		8.2		6.7		5		3.6		2.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		16.9		9.7		13.9		18.4		22.2		20.5		22.5		21.7		21		18.4		14.4		11.4		8.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.4		9		12.3		16.3		23.6		22.6		26.8		25.2		22.8		18.1		13.8		10.5		7.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		10.6		4.2		6.7		8.7		14.3		18		17.6		16.5		15.4		10.9		7.6		5		2.5

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		2.6		3.7		5.4		7.5		8.8		9.4		9.1		7.9		5.9		4.1		3		1.8

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		11.6		7.1		10.2		10.6		14.6		16.5		15.3		14.7		15		12.2		10.3		8.6		4

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		9.7		6.2		8.6		7.3		12.1		15.1		13		11.9		12.8		10.2		9.3		7.2		3.1