FERGUS FALLS - ORWELL DAM, MINNESOTA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		5.8		-11.7		-9.8		-2.3		6.2		13.7		19.1		21.6		20.9		14.9		7.6		-1.5		-9.2

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		11.8		-5.7		-3.9		2.9		12.5		20.1		25.2		27.8		27.4		21.7		13.8		3.5		-4.1

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-0.2		-17.7		-15.7		-7.6		-0.2		7.3		12.9		15.3		14.4		8.2		1.4		-6.6		-14.4

Average Number of Days Above 100F/38C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		0.4		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.2		0.2		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		11.2		---		---		---		---		0.3		2.1		4.4		3.6		0.8		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		60.7		---		---		---		0.7		3.5		11.7		19.6		18		6.1		1.1		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		120		---		---		0.1		3.5		14.2		23.7		29.7		29		15.6		3.9		0.2		---

Average Number of Days Above 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		166.1		---		---		1.2		10.6		24.4		29.5		30.9		30.9		25.6		11.2		1.8		---

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		202.2		0.1		0.5		4.2		17.9		28.9		30		31		31		29.3		22.4		6.3		0.6

Average Number of Days Above 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		242.9		2.3		4		12		25.7		30.9		30		31		31		29.9		28.7		13.9		3.4

Average Number of Days Below 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		361.6		31		28		31		30		31		29.2		29.7		29.8		29.9		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		325.6		31		28		31		30		30		22		16.2		18.4		27		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		266.3		31		28		31		29.5		22.2		7.6		1.7		4.4		19.8		30.2		29.9		31

Average Number of Days Below 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		212.9		31		28		30.8		24.5		8.5		0.7		---		0.2		6.8		22.7		28.7		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		174.9		30.8		27.8		28.2		16.2		2		---		---		---		1.6		12.5		25.2		30.6

Average Number of Days Below 20F/-6C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		109.1		27.5		23.6		15.6		3.4		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.9		12.8		25.3

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		66.9		20.9		17		6.4		0.4		---		---		---		---		---		---		5.6		16.7

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		41.2		14.8		10.8		2.9		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		2.1		10.6

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		596.9		15.2		10.2		25.4		40.6		73.7		101.6		88.9		73.7		68.6		66		20.3		12.7

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		74.8		5.2		4.3		5.5		5.6		8.1		9.1		8.3		7.1		6.8		6.8		3.7		4.3

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.1in/2.5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		45.6		1.6		1.6		2.9		3.3		5.9		6.7		6		4.7		4.5		4.4		2.2		1.8

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.5in/13mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		14.6		0.2		0.1		0.4		1		2.1		2.7		2.1		1.9		1.7		1.7		0.6		0.1

Avg. No. of Days w/Rain Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5		0.1		---		0.1		0.3		0.5		0.9		0.9		0.9		0.6		0.7		---		---

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		8745		1674		1418		1153		660		282		73		19		30		225		600		1072		1539

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		552		---		---		---		1		23		114		198		172		42		1		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2393		---		---		2		50		244		491		645		607		291		59		5		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.8		9.7		10.9		12.5		14.2		15.6		16.4		15.9		14.6		13		11.4		10		9.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.3		5.7		9.1		12.8		16.9		19.8		21.1		21.5		18.7		13.5		9.3		6		4.7

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.1		3.2		4.5		6.3		6.9		8.9		9.4		9		8		6.4		4.6		3.4		2.8

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		14.8		10		13.8		16.2		17.7		18.2		18.4		19.2		18.5		15.4		12.5		9.9		8.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		14.2		8.6		12.3		13.9		17.9		18.1		19		20.4		18.4		14.1		11.6		8.5		7.5

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.3		5.7		9.1		12.8		16.9		19.8		21.1		21.5		18.7		13.5		9.3		6		4.7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		6.4		3.5		4.8		6.7		7.4		9		9.5		9.2		8.1		7		5		3.7		3.1

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.2		11.1		15.2		19		21.8		20.5		21.2		21.5		21.7		19.4		14.6		11.1		9.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.6		9.7		13.8		16.7		23.5		22.4		24.7		24.6		23.5		19.1		14		10		9.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		11.2		5		8.1		10.3		14.1		17.5		17.8		17.9		16		10.7		7.1		5.3		4.3

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5.8		2.9		4.2		5.8		6.6		8.7		9.2		8.9		7.9		5.9		3.8		3.1		2.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.3		8.5		12.1		12.6		14.5		16		15.5		15.9		15.6		11.7		9.1		8.6		7.4

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		10.6		7.1		10.5		9.5		13.4		14		13.3		14.2		13.6		9.4		8		7.2		6.5