Latest freeze ever possible in Jamestown area

JAMESTOWN — The low temperature recorded at the North Dakota State Hospital at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, was 33 degrees. While it was the coldest reported this fall at that cooperative weather observing station, it was still above the freezing mark. If it had dropped to 32 degrees, it would have been the fifth-latest frost ever reported at the State Hospital, said Daryl Ritchison, North Dakota state climatologist. The staff at the State Hospital has been making weather observations since 1891, and the reporting station there is considered one of the oldest in North Dakota. Temperatures in the area were consistent Monday, with the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network automated station 10 miles west of Jamestown also showing 33 degrees for a low. The NDAWN station at Ypsilanti recorded 32 degrees while the station near Courtenay dropped below the freezing mark at 31. The reporting station at Woodworth was a bit warmer with 35 degrees Monday morning but had r