Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-11
Season Fwd									1.04	67		3.59	6857	0
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/Snow						HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	SWE	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	20	-5	-5	8	28	13	20	-12	Trace	Trace	12		57	0	Cdy	Light snow blowing snow. Very widy.
2	8	-8	8	0	28	13	20	-20	0.00	0.0	12		65	0	Cdy	Another cold day rising temps pm.
3	25	8	17	17	29	14	21	-4	0.00	0.0	12		48	0	Pc	Much warmer. Light winds
4	17	5	5	11	29	14	21	-10	Trace	Trace	12		54	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries 6:45a, 9a to 1pm
5	15	-2	12	7	29	14	22	-15	0.00	0.0	12		58	0	Pc	Cont cold for this time of the year.
6	20	11	13	16	30	14	22	-6	0.13	2.3	13	3.67	49	0	Cdy	Light snow off and on all day.
7	13	1	1	7	30	15	23	-16	Trace	Trace	13		58	0	Pc	Trace of snow after midnight.
8	24	-3	24	11	31	15	23	-12	0.14	1.5	14		54	0	Cdy	Light snow 12pm up to obs time of 11:20
9	31	23	23	27	31	16	24	3	0.18	1.8	15		38	0	Cdy	Still snowing obs time of 7:15.
10	23	14	21	19	32	16	24	-5	Trace	Trace	15		46	0	Pc	Flurries Am..Clearing afternoon
11	42	13	13	28	32	16	24	4	0.13	1.2	13		37	0	Pc	Windy..Blizzard pm but not much snow.
12	13	4	4	9	33	17	25	-16	Trace	Trace	13		56	0	Pc	Windy with light flurries afternoon.
13	20	2	10	11	33	17	25	-14	Trace	0.2	13	3.75	54	0	Pc	Flurries 9-noon.
14	35	10	31	23	34	18	26	-3	0.00	0.0	13		42	0	Pc	Warming up nicely today.
15	46	29	32	38	34	18	26	12	Trace	0.0	11		27	0	Pc	Frezzing rain AM..Clearing and mild afternoon.
16	43	25	32	34	35	19	27	7	0.00	0.0	11		31	0	Cdy	River 16.19 Mostly cloudy with few breaks.
17	46	30	30	38	35	20	28	10	0.05	0.0	8		27	0	Cdy	River 16.31 Light rain AM. River 16.31
18	30	16	24	23	36	20	28	-5	0.00	0.0	8		42	0	Pc	River  16.17 Pc and much colder.
19	39	24	39	32	37	21	29	3	0.06	0.0	7		33	0	Cdy	River 16.15 Light rain 11am thru 1pm.
20	42	35	35	39	37	21	29	10	0.00	0.0	4	1.28	26	0	Cdy	River 16.31 Lost a lot of snow cover today.
21	38	33	33	36	38	21	30	6	0.00	0.0	3		29	0	Cdy	River 16.35 Some bare spots in the park.
22	36	26	26	31	38	22	30	1	1.06	4.4	6		34	0	Cdy	Rain, Thunder,Sleet & Snow heavy at times
23	27	13	13	20	39	22	31	-11	0.37	3.7	10		45	0	Pc	River .16.56 Snow ending 7am..Clearing aftn.
24	27	4	13	16	40	22	31	-15	0.00	0.0	9		49	0	Su	River 16.72 Sunny but cold.
25	30	4	16	17	40	23	32	-15	0.00	0.0	9		48	0	Su	River 16.97 Fair little warmer..Light winds
26	32	6	15	19	41	23	32	-13	0.00	0.0	7		46	0	Su	River 17.29 Sunny cont cold for this date.
27	34	5	17	20	42	24	33	-13	0.00	0.0	7	2.28	45	0	Su	River 17.48 LCT with cont below norm temps.
28	36	8	34	22	42	24	33	-11	0.00	0.0	7		43	0	Su	River 17.80 Mostly sunny and cont cold.
29	37	11	25	24	43	25	34	-10	0.00	0.0	6		41	0	Su	River 18.05 Mostly sunny and cont cold.
30	37	17	33	27	43	25	34	-7	0.00	0.0	6		38	0	Cdy	River 18.47 LCT . Some ra/sn to SW.
31	37	31	35	34	44	26	35	-1	0.13	1.6	6		31	0	Cdy	River 19.09 Snow am, rain pm.new sn melted..
…………River flood stage is 18 feet………
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	923	390													Su	March was another below normal month for
															6	temperatures but double the precipitation.
Avrg	29.8	12.6		21.2			27.2	-6.0					44	0	Pc	Greatest snowfall 8.1 on the 22nd and 23rd.
High	46	35						Total	2.25	16.7			1351	0	11	The snowfall on the 31st put us into 3rd place
Low	8	-8						Norm	1.06						Cdy	as the snowest winter on record.
								Deprt	1.19						14
								% Nrm	212.3%
Yearly Summery
								Total	3.29	83.7			8208	0
								Norm	2.18	46.7
								Deprt	1.11	37.0
								%Nrm	150.9%	179.2%