November here in the Fargo-Moorhead area was cold. The month, as a whole, was 6 degrees below average.
The first wave of cold air moved in Nov. 9, starting an early winter run of 22 out of 24 days below freezing.
While impressive, the cold has set no records here. We live in a region where early cold snaps must be expected from time to time. However, as the cold air built into the mid-South and Southern U.S., it did began setting records.
The most impressive was about a week after the initial front passed through Fargo-Moorhead. According to Ryan Maue of WeatherBELL, Nov. 19, 2014, was the coldest November day across the lower 48 since Nov. 30, 1976. A full 85 percent of the lower 48 was below freezing, with many locations setting both record lows and record highs for the day.
The pattern has since relaxed, and now most of the U.S. is enjoying above-average temperatures.
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