| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | |||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | |||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | |||||||||||||
| Dec-99 | |||||||||||||
| Trace | |||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 27.55 | 0 | 1685 | 548 | |||||||||
| Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1961-90 | Hail/Snow | HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec | |||||||||||
| Date | Max | Min | Obs | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Fell | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 49 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. mild. |
| 2 | 38 | 25 | 36 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy and cooler. |
| 3 | 38 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy with LCT all day. |
| 4 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 13 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt Snow 6:30am..Cldy till clearing late aftn. |
| 5 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | Pc | Clear..Becoming cdy late AM..Clearing late aftn. |
| 6 | 36 | 16 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | Su | Sunny and warmer. |
| 7 | 38 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | Pc | Pc cont mild. |
| 8 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | Pc | Pc to mostly cldy..LCT |
| 9 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 14 | 11 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 40 | 0 | Pc | Pc light snow pellets this AM. |
| 10 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | Pc | Fair to Pc becoming cldy by late afternoon |
| 11 | 45 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild.. |
| 12 | 43 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. mild..Clearing late aftn. |
| 13 | 45 | 16 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cldy..Mild |
| 14 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 0.28 | 2.3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | Cdy | Snow thu aftn. Day hi 32. |
| 15 | 26 | -4 | -4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | Pc | Pc with dropping temps all day. Day Hi 20 |
| 16 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -4 | 11 | -15 | Trace | Trace | 2 | 69 | 0 | Pc | Very lgt flurries early AM.. Pc cold aftn. |
| 17 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 11 | -1 | Trace | Trace | 2 | 55 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cdy..Very light flurries 7pm |
| 18 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0.06 | 0.7 | 2 | 39 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cdy..Windy..Warmer.Snow 9pm |
| 19 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0.07 | 1.1 | 2 | 46 | 0 | Pc | Snow early AM & again PM..Windy. |
| 20 | 5 | -10 | -8 | -2 | 10 | -12 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 2 | 67 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cold..Day high -2 |
| 21 | 7 | -13 | -10 | -3 | 9 | -12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 68 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cold. |
| 22 | 6 | -15 | 5 | -4 | 9 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 69 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cont. cold..Some clds mvng in 5pm |
| 23 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | Cdy | Rising temps..Frz Rain mid mrn. Icy roads |
| 24 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | Pc | Cdy Am..Clearing mid Aftn. |
| 25 | 47 | 17 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 33 | 0 | Pc | Pc and mld..New record high..Windy PM |
| 26 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 18 | Trace | Trace | Trace | 39 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy..Ice Pellets arnd 5:30pm |
| 27 | 36 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 45 | 0 | Cdy | Clear AM..Turning cldy aftn..Rising temps |
| 28 | 46 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 26 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. very mild. |
| 29 | 52 | 26 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Su | Mostly sunny and very mild. Record high. |
| 30 | 36 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 22 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 36 | 0 | Pc | Pc very lgt snow Am..2" out of town. |
| 31 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont mild for this time of the year. |
| Monthly Summary | |||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | ||
| Total | 1012 | 426 | Su | December turned out to be a very warm | |||||||||
| 5 | and dry month. We had only 5 days with | ||||||||||||
| Avrg | 32.6 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 42 | 0 | Pc | below normal temperatures. Our first | ||||
| High | 52 | 32 | Total | 0.45 | 4.3 | 1288 | 0 | 16 | measurable snow fell on the 14th but all | ||||
| Low | 1 | -15 | Norm | 0.65 | Cdy | melted by the 25th. | |||||||
| Deprt | -0.20 | 10 | |||||||||||
| % Nrm | 69.2% | ||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | |||||||||||||
| Total | 28.00 | 4.3 | 2973 | 548 | |||||||||
| Norm | 19.45 | ||||||||||||
| Deprt | 8.55 | ||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 144.0% | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1012 | 426 | |||||||||||