KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA

Monthly Extreme Minimum Temperature (Degrees Fahrenheit)

(324656)

File last updated on Apr 4, 2013
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 197402
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF MISSING DAYS : 5
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.
YEAR(S) JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
1948 ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z 45.00 43.00 31.00 9.00 -3.00 c -21.00 -21.00
1949 -31.00 -30.00 -10.00 15.00 24.00 34.00 40.00 36.00 18.00 14.00 a 2.00 -27.00 -31.00
1950 -38.00 -24.00 -24.00 3.00 23.00 32.00 42.00 34.00 34.00 21.00 -14.00 -31.00 a -38.00
1951 -36.00 -26.00 -20.00 a 18.00 25.00 37.00 40.00 38.00 f 21.00 4.00 a -17.00 -30.00 a -36.00
1952 -30.00 a -14.00 -26.00 12.00 24.00 d 32.00 39.00 b 38.00 c 29.00 b 6.00 -10.00 c -10.00 -30.00
1953 -19.00 -16.00 -12.00 b 5.00 a 19.00 30.00 42.00 e 43.00 28.00 b 20.00 b 11.00 -15.00 a -19.00
1954 -37.00 -10.00 -15.00 -10.00 20.00 32.00 43.00 49.00 y 26.00 d 15.00 -2.00 -5.00 -37.00
1955 -20.00 -30.00 -17.00 24.00 20.00 b 40.00 a 42.00 37.00 23.00 10.00 -22.00 -30.00 -30.00
1956 -22.00 -31.00 -16.00 11.00 23.00 35.00 45.00 33.00 22.00 18.00 -1.00 -20.00 -31.00
1957 -30.00 -20.00 -6.00 5.00 27.00 38.00 g 51.00 39.00 24.00 13.00 2.00 -22.00 -30.00
1958 -16.00 -29.00 5.00 11.00 19.00 35.00 b 43.00 b 35.00 c 30.00 b 23.00 a -18.00 c -21.00 c -29.00
1959 -28.00 -28.00 c ----- z 14.00 e 23.00 b 39.00 a 45.00 42.00 23.00 17.00 -10.00 c 0.00 b -28.00
1960 -24.00 a -17.00 -20.00 12.00 a 25.00 a 35.00 40.00 40.00 b 23.00 13.00 -13.00 -34.00 -34.00
1961 -32.00 -19.00 7.00 9.00 16.00 37.00 42.00 42.00 b 23.00 16.00 3.00 -20.00 -32.00
1962 -28.00 a -30.00 a -29.00 12.00 25.00 35.00 41.00 42.00 28.00 a 11.00 c 9.00 -17.00 a -30.00
1963 -30.00 -22.00 -2.00 d 13.00 19.00 41.00 44.00 41.00 a 32.00 23.00 c -1.00 -28.00 -30.00
1964 -27.00 -22.00 -20.00 10.00 b 27.00 d 32.00 a 46.00 b 32.00 a 21.00 12.00 -27.00 a -26.00 b -27.00
1965 -34.00 a -23.00 c -16.00 a 17.00 27.00 b 38.00 43.00 b 35.00 15.00 20.00 d -5.00 -15.00 b -34.00
1966 -35.00 -32.00 -13.00 b 14.00 e 22.00 b 36.00 c 47.00 b 42.00 a 26.00 a 13.00 a -8.00 b -21.00 b -35.00
1967 -29.00 -28.00 d -13.00 b 8.00 12.00 b 34.00 b 34.00 c 33.00 e 24.00 a 17.00 c -6.00 a -35.00 b -35.00
1968 -37.00 -21.00 -5.00 c 10.00 23.00 39.00 a 42.00 a 37.00 b 34.00 e 19.00 c -7.00 a -31.00 b -37.00
1969 -28.00 -27.00 -25.00 5.00 28.00 a 31.00 c 43.00 b 44.00 d 32.00 f 12.00 4.00 -16.00 -28.00
1970 -30.00 -25.00 -11.00 8.00 c 25.00 b 41.00 a 42.00 b 38.00 h 25.00 20.00 g -6.00 -18.00 a -30.00
1971 -27.00 b -27.00 b -5.00 a 7.00 d 25.00 40.00 40.00 d 39.00 27.00 18.00 -1.00 -20.00 -27.00
1972 -35.00 -28.00 -23.00 9.00 27.00 33.00 38.00 38.00 29.00 3.00 a 5.00 -24.00 -35.00
1973 -30.00 -20.00 12.00 10.00 a 20.00 41.00 40.00 45.00 24.00 19.00 -2.00 -24.00 -30.00
1974 -28.00 -28.00 ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z ----- z -28.00
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN -29.27 -24.12 -12.67 10.08 22.72 35.79 42.27 38.70 25.60 14.64 -5.27 -21.58 -32.62
S.D. 5.68 5.72 10.70 6.23 3.85 3.46 3.26 3.87 4.69 5.49 9.29 8.46 2.83
SKEW 0.53 0.71 0.65 -0.89 -0.92 0.10 0.18 -0.15 -0.06 -0.46 -0.47 0.63 -0.85
MAX -16.00 -10.00 12.00 24.00 28.00 41.00 51.00 45.00 34.00 23.00 11.00 0.00 -30.00
MIN -38.00 -32.00 -29.00 -10.00 12.00 30.00 34.00 32.00 15.00 3.00 -27.00 -35.00 -38.00
NO YRS 26 26 24 25 25 24 26 23 25 25 26 26 8