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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
240 PM CST TUE NOV 1 2005
MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY
...OCTOBER 2005 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 2005 WAS 44.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS
0.9 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 43.6 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 90 DEGREES ON THE 1ST. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 12 DEGREES ON THE 6TH...WHICH WAS A
NEW DAILY RECORD LOW FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 15
DEGREES SET IN 2000. NO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE BROKEN DURING
THE MONTH.
OCTOBER 2005 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.40 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FALLING FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.53 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 0.87 INCHES. THERE WAS 5.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 3.6 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.7
INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED ON THE 9TH WHEN 0.83 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE GREATEST
AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 5.3 INCHES FALLING ON
THE 4TH AND 5TH. A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.83 INCHES WAS SET
ON THE 9TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.40 INCHES SET IN
1982. A NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD OF 5.1 INCHES WAS SET ON THE
5TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.4 INCHES SET IN 1946.
AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 11 DAYS...WITH
0.01 INCHES OR MORE ON 5 DAYS...0.1 INCHES OR MORE ON 2 DAYS AND 0.5
INCHES OR MORE ON 2 DAYS. FOG WAS REPORTED ON 9 DAYS.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.6 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
WAS THE 5TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 19.7 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND OF 35 MPH AND A PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH FROM THE NORTH.
THERE WERE 636 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 12 DEGREE
DAYS BELOW THE NORMAL OF 648. AT THE END OF OCTOBER THE SEASONAL
HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTALED 907 WHICH WAS 88 DEGREE DAYS BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 995. THERE WERE 7 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH
WAS 7 DEGREE DAYS ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE
DAY TOTAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH WAS 465 WHICH WAS 2 COOLING DEGREE
DAYS ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 463. WILLISTON RECORDED 10707 MINUTES OF
SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 53 PERCENT OF THE 20089 MINUTES
THAT WERE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR THE
MONTH WAS 30.51 INCHES ON THE 6TH. THE LOWEST PRESSURE READING WAS
29.41 INCHES ON THE 1ST.
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER...NORMAL HIGHS FOR THE MONTH START OUT IN
THE MID 40S AND FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH BEGIN IN THE LOWER 20S AND FALL INTO THE
LOWER TEENS BY MONTHS END. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER IS 0.65 INCHES...WITH A NORMAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 6.7
INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED
EARLY IN THE MONTH...FALLING BACK IN LINE WITH NORMALS BY MID
MONTH.
WISE
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