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Weather Talk: "Indian Summer"
AgweekWarm weather this week has had a few people using the term, “Indian Summer.” I have never liked or understood the term, but this use is certainly premature. Traditionally, this...
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Weather Talk: 93 degrees not the record
AgweekThe 93 degree temperature recorded at Hector Airport in Fargo, N.D., on Sept. 21 was not a record for the date. The record remains 96 set in 1937. This was...
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Weather Talk: Sun pillars a rare sight
AgweekAmong the more beautiful sights in the sky is the relatively rare sun pillar; a vertical shaft of light going straight up out of the rising or setting sun and...
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Weather Talk: Sun pillars a rare sight
AgweekAmong the more beautiful sights in the sky is the relatively rare sun pillar; a vertical shaft of light going straight up out of the rising or setting sun and...
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Weather Talk: Wet cycle or drought, climate pendulum will swing
AgweekLast week, the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District held a drought conference in Fargo, N.D., to discuss the reality of drought. Because flooding has been the problem recently, and not...
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Weather Talk: 1910 a hot year
AgweekIt was extraordinarily hot in 1910. The previous winter had been cold and snowy, but the snow melted away quickly in March. The only time in recorded history that it...
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Weather Talk: Measuring snowfall
AgweekMeasuring snow often is more art than science. On occasion the snow falls straight down and most local reports are approximately the same. Often times we will receive snow reports...
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Weather Talk: Snow on Thanksgiving
AgweekA lot of us people seem to have the idea that there is “usually” a significant layer of snow on the ground at Thanksgiving. But even with one of the...
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Weather Talk: A positive North Atlantic Oscillation
AgweekThe fall season (September through November) has been unusually mild. There has been very little cold weather and no visitation at all of air from the Arctic. During fall, there...
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Weather Talk: Lack of snow not uncommon
AgweekDuring the winter of 1943-1944, no measurable snow fell in Fargo-Moorhead until Jan. 27. This is the latest recorded date of a first measurable snowfall. Snow records go back to...
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