John Wheeler; By any standards, it was cold in 1887
The winter of 1886-87 experienced 15 days with daily low temperatures of at least 30 degrees below zero and three days of at least 40 below.
Source: dl-online.com
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The winter of 1886-87 experienced 15 days with daily low temperatures of at least 30 degrees below zero and three days of at least 40 below.
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The temperature at Hector Airport that afternoon was 115 degrees, but that figure is not in the Fargo climate record.
The official Fargo Moorhead weather station was in Moorhead at the time.