MC LEOD 3 E, NORTH DAKOTA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 17.6 24.0 37.5 56.0 70.5 79.1 84.8 82.7 71.6 59.3 38.7 22.6 53.7
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 33.9 37.5 49.8 68.5 78.5 90.0 90.2 89.6 78.4 72.0 46.7 34.3 59.4
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1981 1987 1988 1988 1988 1983 1979 1963 1981 1979 1987
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 4.1 9.2 26.9 41.7 63.2 71.4 79.6 75.9 58.2 50.4 28.0 7.4 49.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1979 1965 1975 1979 1969 1971 1977 1965 1969 1985 1983 1979
Mean Temperature (F) 7.1 13.6 27.4 43.7 57.0 66.3 71.8 69.4 58.7 46.9 29.1 12.9 42.0
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 23.4 28.9 36.4 52.2 65.6 74.5 75.4 74.7 64.9 57.2 36.0 24.2 47.6
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1973 1987 1977 1988 1987 1983 1978 1963 1962 1979 1987
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) -7.0 -0.8 16.7 34.9 50.9 59.3 66.5 63.4 49.0 41.7 16.8 -1.4 38.8
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1979 1965 1975 1979 1969 1971 1977 1965 1969 1985 1983 1979
Mean Min. Temperature (F) -3.5 3.1 17.3 31.3 43.5 53.5 58.7 56.1 45.8 34.5 19.4 3.3 30.3
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 12.8 20.2 28.0 36.3 52.9 59.0 63.8 60.9 52.4 42.4 26.8 14.4 35.6
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1973 1977 1977 1988 1975 1969 1978 1963 1962 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -18.0 -10.7 6.0 26.7 37.9 46.9 53.4 50.8 39.0 28.7 5.5 -10.1 27.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1979 1969 1961 1983 1982 1971 1977 1974 1976 1985 1983 1985
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.49 0.39 0.89 1.49 2.45 3.13 3.19 2.58 1.94 1.51 0.67 0.47 19.20
Highest Precipitation (in.) 1.72 1.57 2.15 7.67 6.08 9.61 10.80 6.23 4.74 6.52 4.13 1.44 30.37
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1979 1983 1986 1962 1975 1962 1966 1977 1984 1977 1968 1975
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.02 0.06 0.21 0.04 0.26 0.42 0.57 0.41 0.21 0.04 0.00 0.00 6.69
Year Lowest Occurred 1961 1961 1974 1987 1990 1974 1985 1970 1974 1986 1990 1989 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 1795. 1439. 1166. 639. 278. 74. 10. 38. 214. 561. 1077. 1615. 8906.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 30. 113. 221. 174. 25. 0. 0. 0. 563.
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu