August in Fargo-Moorhead is down in the books as a dry month with a near-average mean temperature.
The month finished with just 1.29 inches of rain, which is 1.27 inches below the average. Measurable rain fell on eight days. The heaviest rain (at the airport gauge) was 0.40 inches on the 22nd.
The mean temperature for the month was 69.5 degrees, which is just 0.1 degree above average. There were four days with highs in the 90s, 15 days in the 80s, 11 days in the 70s and one day with a high in the 60s.
There were two calendar days (midnight-midnight) with a low in the 70s, 10 in the 60s, 14 in the 50s and five in the 40s.
The warmest temperature of the month was 96 on the 14th. The coolest was 42 on the 25th.
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