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July Weather at Moorhead Municipal Airport Minnesota, United States

Daily high temperatures are around 81°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 90°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 82°F on July 24.

Daily low temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 52°F or exceeding 70°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on July 17.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Moorhead Municipal Airport typically range from 61°F to 82°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 2°F to 19°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313140°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°FJunAugJul 2382°FJul 2382°F61°F61°FJul 180°FJul 180°F60°F60°FJul 3182°FJul 3182°F61°F61°FJul 1181°FJul 1181°F61°F61°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJunAugcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmcoolcoolcold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Samara, Russia (5,260 miles away) and Jilin, China (5,645 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Moorhead Municipal Airport (view comparison).

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The month of July at Moorhead Municipal Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 32% to 26%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 26% on July 26.

The clearest day of the month is July 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 74% of the time.

For reference, on February 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63%, while on July 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 74%.

Cloud Cover Categories in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JunAugFeb 337%Feb 337%Jul 168%Jul 168%Jul 3174%Jul 3174%Jul 1171%Jul 1171%Jul 2173%Jul 2173%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Moorhead Municipal Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 38% and ending it at 29%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 5% on January 28.

Probability of Precipitation in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Probability of Precipitation in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%JunAugJul 138%Jul 138%Jul 3129%Jul 3129%Jul 1134%Jul 1134%Jul 2131%Jul 2131%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July at Moorhead Municipal Airport is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below 1.4 inches, and ending the month at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.8 inches or falls below 0.8 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of July at Moorhead Municipal Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 55 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 49 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 14 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 15 hours, 48 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrJunAugnightnightdaydayJul 115 hr, 48 minJul 115 hr, 48 minJul 3114 hr, 53 minJul 3114 hr, 53 minJul 1615 hr, 27 minJul 1615 hr, 27 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Moorhead Municipal Airport is 5:36 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 29 minutes later at 6:06 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 9:24 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 25 minutes earlier at 8:59 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Moorhead Municipal Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during July, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:32 AM and sets 15 hours, 52 minutes later, at 9:24 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:09 AM and sets 8 hours, 32 minutes later, at 4:40 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

The solar day over the course of July. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJunAug001010202020303040405050506000010102020303030404050506060
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of July 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for July 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJunAugJun 67:38 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 218:09 PMJun 218:09 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 215:18 AMJul 215:18 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 191:26 PMAug 191:26 PM5:05 AM5:05 AM10:17 PM10:17 PM9:53 PM9:53 PM5:31 AM5:31 AM4:43 AM4:43 AM9:56 PM9:56 PM9:23 PM9:23 PM5:39 AM5:39 AM6:00 AM6:00 AM9:28 PM9:28 PM8:50 PM8:50 PM7:26 AM7:26 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Jul 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
21%1:59 AMENE5:26 PMWNW-9:36 AMS232,236 mi
2
13%2:26 AMNE6:46 PMNW-10:30 AMS233,731 mi
3
6%3:01 AMNE8:01 PMNW-11:27 AMS235,550 mi
4
2%3:46 AMNE9:06 PMNW-12:25 PMS237,671 mi
5
0%4:43 AMNE9:56 PMNW-1:22 PMS240,031 mi
6
1%5:50 AMNE10:34 PMNW-2:17 PMS242,520 mi
7
4%7:02 AMNE11:02 PMWNW-3:08 PMS244,988 mi
8
9%8:15 AMENE11:24 PMWNW-3:55 PMS247,263 mi
9
15%9:25 AMENE11:42 PMWNW-4:38 PMS249,165 mi
10
23%10:32 AMENE11:57 PMW-5:18 PMS250,525 mi
11
32%11:38 AME--5:57 PMS251,203 mi
12
41%-12:11 AMW12:42 PME6:35 PMS251,101 mi
13
50%-12:25 AMW1:47 PMESE7:15 PMS250,174 mi
14
60%-12:40 AMWSW2:54 PMESE7:56 PMS248,440 mi
15
70%-12:57 AMWSW4:04 PMESE8:41 PMS245,987 mi
16
79%-1:18 AMWSW5:16 PMSE9:31 PMS242,969 mi
17
87%-1:46 AMSW6:29 PMSE10:26 PMS239,604 mi
18
94%-2:24 AMSW7:37 PMSE11:26 PMS236,162 mi
19
96%-3:15 AMSW8:37 PMSE--
20
98%-4:21 AMSW9:23 PMSE12:29 AMS232,937 mi
21
100%-5:39 AMSW9:59 PMESE1:31 AMS230,213 mi
22
99%-7:03 AMWSW10:26 PMESE2:31 AMS228,209 mi
23
95%-8:29 AMWSW10:48 PMESE3:27 AMS227,051 mi
24
88%-9:52 AMW11:07 PME4:19 AMS226,755 mi
25
79%-11:13 AMW11:25 PME5:08 AMS227,248 mi
26
69%-12:34 PMW11:43 PMENE5:56 AMS228,389 mi
27
50%-1:54 PMWNW-6:44 AMS230,012 mi
28
45%12:04 AMENE3:15 PMWNW-7:33 AMS231,957 mi
29
34%12:29 AMENE4:36 PMNW-8:26 AMS234,091 mi
30
24%1:00 AMNE5:52 PMNW-9:21 AMS236,317 mi
31
15%1:41 AMNE6:58 PMNW-10:18 AMS238,577 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Moorhead Municipal Airport is gradually increasing during July, rising from 26% to 29% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during July is 32% on July 18.

For reference, on July 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 32% of the time, while on October 27, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JunAugJul 1832%Jul 1832%Jul 126%Jul 126%Jul 3129%Jul 3129%Jul 1130%Jul 1130%muggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydryoppressiveoppressive
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Moorhead Municipal Airport is gradually decreasing during July, decreasing from 10.0 miles per hour to 9.1 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.6 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during July is 9.1 miles per hour on July 31.

Average Wind Speed in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Average Wind Speed in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphJunAugJul 319.1 mphJul 319.1 mphJul 110.0 mphJul 110.0 mphJul 119.6 mphJul 119.6 mphJul 219.2 mphJul 219.2 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Moorhead Municipal Airport throughout July is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 35% on July 30.

Wind Direction in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Wind Direction in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JunAugwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Moorhead Municipal Airport typically lasts for 5.0 months (153 days), from around May 3 to around October 3, rarely starting before April 14 or after May 21, and rarely ending before September 15 or after October 23.

The month of July at Moorhead Municipal Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in July at Moorhead Municipal Airportgrowing seasongrowing seasongrowing seasonJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JunAug100%Jul 16100%Jul 16coldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Moorhead Municipal Airport are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 615°F, from 904°F to 1,519°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of July, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Moorhead Municipal Airport is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 6.9 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during July is 7.1 kWh on July 7.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in July at Moorhead Municipal Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in July at Moorhead Municipal AirportJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJunAugJul 77.1 kWhJul 77.1 kWhJul 316.7 kWhJul 316.7 kWhJul 216.9 kWhJul 216.9 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Moorhead Municipal Airport are 46.838 deg latitude, -96.655 deg longitude, and 915 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Moorhead Municipal Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 36 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 914 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (220 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (840 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Moorhead Municipal Airport is covered by cropland (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (86%) and artificial surfaces (13%), and within 50 miles by cropland (88%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Moorhead Municipal Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Moorhead Municipal Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Hector International Airport, Breckenridge-Wahpeton Interstate Airport, Fergus Falls Municipal/Einar Mickelson Field, Detroit Lakes Airport, Crookston Municipal Airport-Kirkwood Field, Wheaton Municipal Airport, Fosston Municipal Airport, and Sisseton Municipal Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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