On this date in 1887, the high temperature in Fargo-Moorhead was 86 degrees. In 1942, the low temperature on this date was 6 degrees. Both of these are record extremes for April 8.
But what is really fascinating about these two records is that the warm record was set in the 1880s, when Fargo-Moorhead weather was generally cold, and the cold record was set in the early 1940s, when our weather was generally mild.
That both of these records stand today reveals a lot about the fickle and changeable nature of weather, and the difficulty of determining weather trends.
The past seven months have been much warmer than average and also drier than average. But does this signal the end of a decade-long trend of cooler and wetter conditions? Ask me again in a few years.
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