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  • 1930 was not kind to North Dakota when it came to the weather. The winter of 1929-1930 was described as long and hard. As of April, it was reported that North Dakota cattle still showed the effects of severe weather. Yard feeding continued as ranchers worked to put weight on their herds. Even when winter was not inflicting snow or sleet on the state, North Dakota suffered with temperatures that plunged to 30 and 40 below zero.
  • While there are tornadoes on every continent, most of them happen in the United States. And most of those occur on the Great Plains. North Dakota is located at the northern edge of what is known as Tornado Alley. April, May, and June are considered tornado season.
  • With easy access to up-to-date reports, few people today rely on a weathervane for their weather predictions. Today a weathervane is mostly for…
  • Every part of the country has its own types of natural disasters. In the south they get hurricanes, in the west earthquakes, and here in the north we get…
  • Before there was a weather channel or a weather app for your smartphone, people looked to nature to predict the weather. Animals were considered reliable…
  • As we approach the final summer holiday weekend, it seemed to a lot of us to be a cooler than average summer season.So, we asked Patrick Ayd of the…
  • Nasty winters can stand as a measure against all other weather, such as the winter of 1996-97, when Fargo received almost ten feet of snow and Grand Forks…
  • Blizzards are a bookmark in history for many North Dakotans. There’s the blizzard of 1920 that claimed the life of Hazel Miner near Center. She gave her…
  • North Dakota is experiencing drought conditions like it hasn't seen in years.Much of the state is considered to be in moderate drought stage. The…
  • The Morton County Park District has received a federal grant to build a tornado shelter at Graner Park, 19 miles south of Mandan along the Missouri…