Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-12
Season Fwd									1.85	24.4	9	0.00	5440	0
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1981-2010										Hail/Snow						HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Depth 7am	SWE	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	33	24	25	29	29	12	20	9	0.02	0.3	9		36	0	Cdy	Light snow early am. Clearing around 10pm.
2	30	16	16	23	29	13	21	2	0.03	0.3	8		42	0	Cdy	Light snow off this afternoon.
3	17	3	3	10	29	13	21	-11	0.01	0.3	9		55	0	Pc	Lgt snow AM..Clearing mid-day.
4	23	0	12	12	30	14	22	-10	0.03	0.8	9		53	0	Cdy	Light fluffy snow 7am-4pm..Clearing pm.
5	36	6	31	21	30	14	22	-1	Trace	Trace	9	1.78	44	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries 8am..Fair afternoon and warmer
6	40	29	31	35	31	15	23	12	0.00	0.0	8		30	0	Pc	Mild with thin clouds. Snow Depth 5.5
7	31	18	20	25	32	15	23	2	0.00	0.0	6		40	0	Pc	Pc and colder..Cold NW winds.
8	35	13	13	24	32	16	24	0	0.03	0.9	7		41	0	Pc	Snow early AM. Few flurries this afternoon
9	30	7	30	19	32	16	24	-5	0.00	0.0	7		46	0	Pc	Windy and cold this afternoon and evening
10	54	26	34	40	33	17	25	15	0.00	0.0	4		25	0	Pc	Pc and much warmer..Light southerly winds.
11	58	29	49	44	33	17	25	19	0.00	0.0	4		21	0	Su	Fair and cont mild..Lost most of the snow tdy
12	55	38	40	47	34	18	26	21	0.32	0.0	T		18	0	Pc	Rain Am ending around noon. Pc aftn.
13	62	30	56	46	34	18	26	20	0.00	0.0	0		19	0	Su	Sunny and cont mild..Strong southerly winds
14	57	39	39	48	35	19	27	21	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Pc and little cooler..Gusty northerly winds.
15	63	30	41	47	35	19	27	20	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Pc	Record High KFAR had 62.
16	73	37	63	55	36	20	28	27	0.00	0.0	0		10	0	Pc	Mild my high 73.4(KFAR had 76)(record)
17	74	51	62	63	36	20	28	35	0.00	0.0	0		2	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Another record breaking day.
18	76	59	69	68	37	21	29	39	0.00	0.0	0		0	3	Pc	Record High & Record warmest low for March
19	74	58	58	66	38	21	29	37	0.03	0.0	0		0	1	Pc	Light rain with thunder late aftn and evening.
20	58	42	46	50	38	21	30	20	0.02	0.0	0		15	0	Pc	Lgt rain early am. Much cooler but still abv n.
21	71	35	49	53	39	22	30	23	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Su	Fair and warmer..Light southerly winds.
22	65	36	56	51	40	22	31	20	0.01	0.0	0		14	0	Cdy	Light drizzle noon..Light rain 7:30pm
23	67	54	56	61	40	23	31	30	0.04	0.0	0		4	0	Pc	Dense Fog, Drizzle,Rain AM. Light winds.
24	66	36	36	51	41	23	32	19	Trace	0.0	0		14	0	Cdy	Dense fog Am..Dropng temp aftn.Sprinkle also
25	44	26	34	35	41	24	33	3	0.00	0.0	0		30	0	Pc	Not use to this average temperatures.
26	51	34	43	43	42	24	33	10	Trace	0.0	0		22	0	Cdy	Cdy light sprinkle 8am..
27	55	40	40	48	43	24	34	14	Trace	0.0	0		17	0	Cdy	Thunder 12:23am.Windy gust 55 Lgt rain 12pm
28	46	35	35	41	43	25	34	7	0.00	0.0	0		24	0	Pc	Light winds but cooler but still above normal
29	45	33	40	39	44	25	35	4	0.43	0.0	0		26	0	Cdy	Rain, some pie size hail this morning.
30	59	31	48	45	45	26	35	10	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Pc	Dense fog AM..Pc warmer aftern. Light winds.
31	72	47	52	60	46	26	36	24	0.00	0.0	0		5	0	Pc	Clearing by noon. Mild..Light winds.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	1620	962													Su	This was the warmerst March on record . The
															3	old record went back to 1910.Last snowfall
Avrg	52.3	31.0		41.7			27.9	13.8					23	0	Pc	was 0.9 on the 8th and -0- for snow depth on
High	76	59						Total	0.97	2.6			720	4	19	the 13th and never saw a flake after that.
Low	17	0						Norm	1.30	9.1					Cdy	I had 13.8 degrees above the normal for average
								Deprt	-0.33	-6.5					9	temp and  6.5 inches below the normal for
								% Nrm	74.6%	28.6%						snowfall.
Yearly Summery  (Snowfall July to June)
								Total	2.82	27.0			6160	4
								Norm	2.61	47.1
								Deprt	0.21	-20.1
								%Nrm	108.0%	57.3%