The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-12-27

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The Climate Of North Dakota II
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Climates Ever Ara
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The climate Of North Dakota l1smoro
pleasant than It II generally thought
TO be BY those who have not expert.
enced It, or consulted statistics On thu
subject. The popular belief. that tie
winters are Of arctic severity d not,
warranted BY the meteor0logl REQ.
ords that have been kept n the state
for the past thirty-five years; and az.
though these records have been broken
ut different times, vet on the Wholo
enough has been collected to give Is
fair idea OF the climate. Is y..
The first records Of temperature and
precipitation taken In. the state were
ct Fort Abercrombie, In the upper Red
river valley, in February, 1859, and
soon after number Of stations were
established In different parts Of North
Dakota, which have continued ana
been supplemented BY others up to ths
present date.
From those records It 10 found that
the average or mean temperature az
the state IL SO degrees. ana that tho
average monthly mean temperature
ranges from 8 deprees IN Januarv Is
20 degrees In July. the extremes rane.
Ing from 8 degrees below In January,
which Is the coolest month, to Is In
July. which is the warmest. Dhe Red
river valley Is both the warmest region
IN summer and the coolest In winter.
The James river valley comes next
followed by. the Missouri valley, which
Is warmest In winter, but the differ.
ence between any Of the sections mem
toned above Is not great.
The mean annual range in tempera.
ture, or the difference between the
highest and lowest in any year,
amounts to from 1O1 to 141 degree9
The extreme maximum temperature
ranges from 1O1 to ITO degrees. and
the extreme minimum from "a below
zero to 65 below, but It is not to b
supposed that such readings are often
recorded, or that the extremes are Of
long duntion. And from the fact that
the humidity or moisture in the air ID
always low, these periods Of extreme
heat or cold are not accompanied by
the discomfort or distress that Is 81.
perienced in the seaboard statea
where the humidity is high with TEN.
peratures quite different from the ones
found here.
Taking the variability Of tempea.
ture, or the change that takes place IN
the daily average Temperature from
one day to another, irrespective OF
whether It has risen or fallen. and II II
found that It amounts to only de.
grees from June to August, inclusive
while in January and February. when
the changes are the most sudden and
severe, they only amount to 8 deereaa
During April the mean temperature
ranges from 81 to 10 degrees. and the
increase IL general and rapid from
then to June, when It ranges from az
to 20 degrees: and 80 Quickly do these
temperature conditions change. with 4
steady rise, that the average increase
amounts to over y degree for each
day during the season when all veg
citation is coming rapidly to the front
and is in need zof heat. while durfnr
July and August, when most of Tho
crops, especially small grain. are ma.
turing, it ranges, as a rule. from 68 "a
% degrees.
The mean annual precipitation n
slightly over II inches, varying from
ID inches in the extreme northcentral
portion to 20 in the northeastern ana
26 in the southern and southwestern.
November Is the month OF least nre.
cipitation, while June has the ereatest
followed next In order by Nav or July.
The precipitation Increases from
about an average Of Y inch in Novem.
Der to about inches in June. and m.
Ing the =, year into two seasons. one wet
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