Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-09
Season Fwd			29						23.72	1.4	0		1682	378
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Snow		Snow				HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	Core	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	36	27	30	32	26	11	18	14	Trace	Trace	0		33	0	Cdy	Sleet mixed with snow around 2:30-4pm
2	30	19	19	25	26	10	18	7	0.06	1.2	1		40	0	Cdy	Snow, graupel AM then snow rest of the day.
3	20	10	11	15	25	10	18	-3	0.02	0.3	1		50	0	Pc	Lgt snow AM and again late aftn.
4	13	3	3	8	25	9	17	-9	0.01	0.2	1		57	0	Pc	Snow AM..Just a flurry or two in the aftn.
5	13	-1	4	6	25	9	17	-11	0.00	0.0	1		59	0	Pc	1st below -0- temp..Ice crystals in the air pm
6	18	4	12	11	24	8	16	-5	0.02	1.4	2		54	0	Pc	Huge fluffy fakes AM..Pc afternoon.
7	13	-2	-2	6	24	8	16	-10	0.02	0.5	2		59	0	Pc	Snow AM..Clearing PM..Cold.
8	1	-10	-3	-4	23	7	15	-19	0.00	0.0	2		69	0	Pc	Clear AM Cloudy afternoon..Cold..WC -22 .PM
9	-2	-8	-8	-5	23	7	15	-20	0.01	0.1	2		70	0	Cdy	Windy cold this morning. Up to 7am.
10	3	-10	-3	-3	23	6	14	-17	Trace	Trace	1		68	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Light flurrie around 9am.
11	14	-6	13	4	22	6	14	-10	0.00	0.0	1		61	0	Su	Sunny little warmer but Wind Chills still cold.
12	14	-5	-5	5	22	6	14	-9	0.00	0.0	1		60	0	Pc	Nice AM but wind chills of -25 by 10pm
13	-2	-11	-2	-6	21	5	13	-19	0.06	1.9	3		71	0	Cdy	Snow this afternoon ending 5pm.
14	2	-10	1	-4	21	5	13	-17	0.02	0.2	3		69	0	Pc	Cloudy light snow AM..Clearing by 5pm.
15	1	-11	1	-5	21	4	13	-18	0.00	0.0	3		70	0	Su	Fair and cold.
16	10	-2	10	4	20	4	12	-8	0.00	0.0	3		61	0	Pc	Pc..Windy but warmer..
17	20	10	11	15	20	4	12	3	0.00	0.0	2		50	0	Pc	Windy but warmer.
18	19	3	16	11	20	3	11	0	Trace	Trace	2		54	0	Cdy	Fog, light snow mixed with freezing drizzle.
19	20	16	16	18	20	3	11	7	Trace	Trace	2		47	0	Cdy	Fog..Light flurries 11am and again 10:30pm
20	22	8	22	15	19	2	11	4	0.10	1.3	3		50	0	Cdy	Snow AM then flurries pm..
21	22	4	9	13	19	2	10	3	Trace	Trace	3		52	0	Pc	Lgt snow 1am. Pc aftn. Cldy pm.
22	24	9	23	17	19	2	10	7	0.00	0.0	3		48	0	Cdy	Cloudy with light winds.
23	27	23	23	25	18	1	10	15	0.20	2.5	5		40	0	Cdy	Snow starting at 1pm and cont rest of the day.
24	25	11	13	18	18	1	10	8	0.33	3.4	9		47	0	Cdy	Snow early AM..Graupel 11am.Flurries PM
25	29	13	27	21	18	1	9	12	0.76	8.1	15		44	0	Cdy	Snow & windy all day. Near blizzard conditions.
26	27	19	22	23	18	0	9	14	0.23	3.2	17		42	0	Cdy	Snow moderate at times. Windy..
27	25	16	16	21	17	0	9	12	0.01	0.1	17		44	0	Cdy	Light snow AM..Pc afternoon..Not as windy
28	18	-6	-6	6	17	-1	8	-2	Trace	Trace	16		59	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Light flurries this morning.
29	10	-9	7	1	17	-1	8	-7	0.00	0.0	16		64	0	Pc	Pc and windy. Low wind chills.
30	13	1	7	7	17	-1	8	-1	Trace	Trace	13		58	0	Pc	Light flurries this morning..Pc afternoon.
31	7	-6	-6	1	16	-1	8	-7	Trace	Trace	13		64	0	Pc	Flurries 4am..Daytime high 2. Pc and cold aftn
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Snow	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	December started out to be very cold but
High	36	27					12.5	-2.9				Avrg	55	0	2	moderated in the middle of the month. We
Low	-2	-11													Pc	had a 5 day snow event 23-27 leaving us with
								Total	1.85	24.4			1714	0	16	17.3 inches of snow. Overall Dec was below
Avrg	15.9	3.2		9.6				Norm	0.57						Cdy	normal on the temperature side and well above
								Deprt	1.28						13	normal for precipitation.
Total	492	99						% Nrm	324.6%
Yearly Summary
								Total	25.57	25.8			3396	378
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	4.38
								%Nrm	120.7%