FARGO — When one sort of extreme weather is juxtaposed against another, or when weather occurs seemingly out of season, people are inclined to utter phrases like, "Only in (insert name of state ...

FARGO — "Beware the Ides of March!" quoth the soothsayer to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play. And rightfully so. Today's weather is certainly that of a dagger, as it often is on this date and ...

FARGO — So far this winter, the official Fargo snow tally is 19.8 inches. Last winter's total was 17.5 inches. Grand Forks has a total of 22.6 inches this winter to date and got 29.2 inches a ...

FARGO — Weather and climate provide a continuum of changing expectations. Some years in late March, we're hoping for a little rain to quench the warm and dry soil. Other years, we are wondering ...

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most solar radiation passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason ...

FARGO — A Red River spring flood is almost certainly not happening this year. But if it were to happen, right about now would be the time. Spring flood crests are most often between late March ...

FARGO — Although snow depth has not been very impressive this winter, the process of the winter snow melting has been on display this week. With March still to go, it can be assumed there will ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the ...

FARGO — Although it will be several weeks before area lakes are ice free, a reminder of a summer day at the lake can occasionally be seen in the sky. The pleasant rhythm of waves lapping at the ...

FARGO — As has been written in this space many times before, early spring is too early in the year to be worried about a summer drought. That being said, then groundwork for a summer drought is ...

FARGO — The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recognized 128 new moons in orbit around the planet Saturn, giving the ringed planet more known moons than the rest of the planets in the ...