Pembina, North Dakota, community fact survey

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Hudson; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/7883

CLIMATE CLIMATE Month Average Temperature Normal Precipitation January 0.8 .53 February 4.6 .43 March 19.6 .67 April 39.6 1.18 May 53.3 1.98 June 62.8 2.95 July 67.9 3.10 August 65.7 2.82 September 55.3 2.27 October 43.2 1.24 November 24.9 .75 December 8.3 .42 Annual Average Temperature - 37.2 Average Normal Precipitation - 18.38 Freeze Probability for Pembina Spring 90% May 7 75% May 14 50% May 21 25% May 28 10% June 10 Fall 10% September 5 25% September 11 50% September 17 75% September 23 90% September 29 Probability of a killing frost after or before the above dates is expressed as a percentage. Example: It is likely that a killing frost will occur after May 7th in 9 out of 10 years. PEMBINA STATE Site of "Fort Panbian'.' a Northwest fur tma post built by Charles Baptiste Chaboileez in 1797. in I80J Alexander Henry Jr. built a fur trading post on the north side of the Pembina River for the Northwest Fur Company. Opposition posts operated by the Hudson Bay and the X Y Companies were located in the vicinity. Fort Daer was built on this site by the Selkirk Settlers in 1812. A temporary military post was built by Major EA.C < Hatch on the north side of Pembina In 1863. ^ Fort Pembina, a United States Military Post. ^ 1893 on tl about one mile south of this point. • i, V: '<»■. r -c V; .,. *H'* r-A 14 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.