Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-09
Season Fwd									1.78	51.4	11	2.20	7024	0
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/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	6	-14	6	-4	28	13	20	-24	0.00	0.0	11	2.60	69	0	Cdy	Pc becoming cldy aftn.
2	22	4	17	13	28	13	20	-7	0.00	0.0	11		52	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Windy-Warmer.
3	31	17	24	24	29	14	21	3	0.00	0.0	11		41	0	Pc	Pc - Very Windy - Warmer - Icy roads
4	33	19	23	26	29	14	21	5	0.00	0.0	10		39	0	Pc	Pc..Lighter winds..Nice day
5	41	23	32	32	29	14	22	10	0.10	0.0	8		33	0	Cdy	Frz rain AM..Rain late evening.
6	34	13	13	24	30	14	22	2	0.00	0.0	6		41	0	Su	Clearing early AM.. Steady temps. Cldy pm.
7	20	4	7	12	30	15	23	-11	0.00	0.0	6		53	0	Su	Sunny and colder.
8	29	3	28	16	31	15	23	-7	0.00	0.0	6	2.70	49	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Light southerly winds.
9	28	9	9	19	31	16	24	-5	0.35	3.6	9		46	0	Cdy	Frz drizzle early AM..Snow 7am thru 11pm.
10	9	-6	-6	2	32	16	24	-22	0.43	6.5	16		63	0	Cdy	Blizzard conditions most of the day and night.
11	1	-9	-9	-4	32	16	24	-28	Trace	Trace	15		69	0	Su	Clearing early morning and a cold windy day
12	12	-19	6	-3	33	17	25	-28	0.00	0.0	15		68	0	Su	Clear cold this morning. Little warmer afternoon
13	31	0	20	16	33	17	25	-9	0.00	0.0	15		49	0	Su	Sunny and much warmer..Nice day.
14	40	20	31	30	34	18	26	4	0.00	0.0	12		35	0	Su	Much warmer..Nice early spring day.
15	47	31	40	39	34	18	26	13	0.00	0.0	9	3.10	26	0	Su	Fair and cont mild..More snow melt
16	47	31	33	39	35	19	27	12	0.00	0.0	6		26	0	Su	Fair and cont mild.
17	44	29	29	37	35	20	28	9	0.00	0.0	4		28	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Cooler.
18	31	22	22	27	36	20	28	-1	0.00	0.0	4		38	0	Su	Sunny and much cooler.
19	32	15	29	24	37	21	29	-5	0.00	0.0	3		41	0	Su	Fair and LTC..
20	46	29	32	38	37	21	29	9	0.01	0.0	2		27	0	Pc	Lgr rain AM..Pc aftn. Warmer.(1" ice 1" sn)
21	45	28	38	37	38	21	30	7	0.00	0.0	1		28	0	Cdy	Cloudy with fog most of the day.
22	51	36	43	44	38	22	30	14	0.72	0.0	Tr		21	0	Cdy	Cloudy with rain heavy at time aftn.R=23.38
23	46	42	43	44	39	22	31	13	0.90	0.0	Tr		21	0	Cdy	Rain most of the day..Tshower 8pm.R= 28.02
24	50	32	32	41	40	22	31	10	0.21	0.0	0		24	0	Cdy	Pc becoming cldy with rain 6pm. R=33.05
25	32	17	17	25	40	23	32	-7	0.93	7.1	7		40	0	Cdy	Rain changing to snow around mid.R=37.11
26	22	15	17	19	41	23	32	-13	0.03	0.4	7	0.87	46	0	Cdy	Lgt snow AM..Flurries aftn. R=39.85
27	20	10	11	15	42	24	33	-18	Trace	0.1	7		50	0	Pc	Lgt flurries arnd mid. Off & on daytime.R=40.8
28	27	2	17	15	42	24	33	-18	0.00	0.0	7		50	0	Pc	Pc and Cold AM.Record river Highest 40.82
29	34	10	28	22	43	25	34	-12	0.00	0.0	6		43	0	Pc	Little warmer..River going down.R=39.64
30	35	28	30	32	43	25	34	-2	0.34	5.8	12		33	0	Cdy	Snow noon on..heavy at times.River 38.5
31	31	28	30	30	44	26	35	-5	0.60	4.6	9	1.76	35	0	Cdy	Snow heavy at times. Some melting. R=37.48
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	March was a month of breaking snow records.
High	51	42					27.2	-3.9				Avrg	41	0	10	It had several daily records broken and the
Low	1	-19													Pc	monthly snowfall of 28.1 beat the record of
								Total	4.62	28.1			1284	0	8	26.2 in 1997. Total precip of 4.62 shattered
Avrg	31.5	15.1		23.3				Norm	1.17						Cdy	the old record of 2.83 in 1882. March was also
								Deprt	3.45						13	cold month with an average of -3.9.
Total	977	469						% Nrm	394.9%
Yearly Summary
								Total	6.40	79.5			8308	0
								Norm	3.89
								Deprt	2.51
								%Nrm	164.5%