Weather
The entire winter had been brutally cold, but the stretch from mid-January through mid-February was largely below zero with frequent windy days and ground blizzards.
January is the coldest month of the year, on average, but the coldest day of any given winter can occur in February and, occasionally, even in March.
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler discusses this mild weather.
In this Valentine's Day edition of Weather Wednesday we look at how frost flowers form.
Even on a cloudy day, the sun’s rays are reaching the ground at a much higher angle, thus striking the ground much more directly.
Fargo's snow total of 8.5 inches of snow to date is below the record-low snow season of 9.3 inches, set in 1957-58.
The Climate Prediction Center has issued a La Niña Watch.
Dark, wet soil has an albedo near 0.0, meaning it absorbs almost all the solar radiation it receives.
The combination of so many sunny days and the very limited snow cover this winter has contributed to several daily record highs.
It is undoubtedly fair to say that this winter has been warmer and not as snowy as most winters.
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John Wheeler
Lydia Blume
Jesse Ritka
Robert Poynter
Dillon Vogt
Charles Pekar
Robert Daley
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