Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith M , Observer
Mar-99
                           
Season Fwd             1.35 38.6 Tr 6108 0    
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 42 27 28 34.5 18 16.5 Tr Tr 0 30 0 Pc Sleet AM..Pc Aftn. Dropping temps pm.
2 26 16 16 21.0 18 3.0 Tr Tr 0 44 0 Pc Occ. Light snow off and on.
3 26 10 23 18.0 19 -1.0 0.00 0.0 0 47 0 Su Sunny..Nice day
4 27 20 20 23.5 19 4.5 0.09 3.7 3 41 0 Cdy Moderate snow AM becoming light PM
5 31 12 12 21.5 20 1.5 Tr Tr 1 43 0 Cdy Very light snow off and on.
6 28 5 19 16.5 20 -3.5 0.00 0.0 Tr 48 0 Pc Cold this AM…
7 31 16 25 23.5 21 2.5 0.06 1.0 1 41 0 Cdy Snow developing around 7:30p
8 27 24 24 25.5 22 3.5 0.35 5.2 5 39 0 Cdy Snow all day.
9 31 21 26 26.0 22 4.0 0.01 0.1 5 39 0 Pc Lgt snow early AM..PC aftn. No more snow.
10 33 17 17 25.0 23 2.0 Tr Tr 4 40 0 Pc Very light snow Am..Pc aftn..LCT
11 35 9 14 22.0 23 -1.0 0.00 0.0 4 43 0 Pc Dense fog this AM..Liftng by 9a. ASOS Hi 25
12 35 12 26 23.5 24 -0.5 0.00 0.0 3 41 0 Pc Little change in temperature.
13 35 26 29 30.5 24 6.5 0.00 0.0 3 34 0 Cdy Southerly winds and overcast all day.
14 40 25 32 32.5 25 7.5 0.00 0.0 1 32 0 Su Hazy..Warmer
15 49 30 37 39.5 25 14.5 0.00 0.0 0 25 0 Pc High thin clouds…Nice mild spring day
16 49 25 40 37.0 26 11.0 0.00 0.0 0 28 0 Su Sunny and mild.
17 40 31 31 35.5 26 9.5 Tr Tr 0 29 0 Cdy Cdy snow AM..Windy Pk gust 51/house
18 41 25 27 33.0 27 6.0 0.00 0.0 0 32 0 Su Cooler and light winds..
19 53 27 38 40.0 27 13.0 0.00 0.0 0 25 0 Su Sunny and mild..Warmest day of year.
20 41 31 31 36.0 28 8.0 0.00 0.0 0 29 0 PC Pc..Windy..Cooler
21 45 26 28 35.5 29 6.5 0.00 0.0 0 29 0 Su Sunny and warmer..Light winds
22 49 21 29 35.0 29 6.0 0.00 0.0 0 30 0 Su Sunny and cont. mild..Light winds again
23 40 25 26 32.5 30 2.5 0.00 0.0 0 32 0 Su Cooler with northerly winds.
24 38 22 23 30.0 30 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 35 0 Su Sunny and cooler.
25 44 16 35 30.0 31 -1.0 0.00 0.0 0 35 0 Su Sunny little warmer.
26 56 32 44 44.0 31 13.0 0.00 0.0 0 21 0 Su Sunny and warmer
27 42 37 37 39.5 32 7.5 0.49 0.0 0 25 0 Cdy Cdy with rain most of the day.
28 51 34 39 42.5 33 9.5 0.65 0.0 0 22 0 Cdy Mostly cldy..Rain AM. No rain in Mhd aftn.
29 58 32 34 45.0 33 12.0 0.00 0.0 0 20 0 Su Sunny and mild
30 68 31 48 49.5 34 15.5 0.00 0.0 0 15 0 Pc Pc to Cdy..Warmest day of the year.
31 55 38 38 46.5 34 12.5 0.18 0.0 0 18 0 Pc Th Storms AM..Pc aftn little cooler.
 
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd HDD CDD Days Recap
High 68 38         0.65 5.2 5     Su March turned out to be a mild month. Mainly
Low 26 5             0     12 because of no snow cover. Highest
Avrg 40.8 23.3   32.1 25.9 6.2       33 0 Pc temperature 68 on the 30th..Lowest 5 on the
            Total 1.83 10.0   1012 0 11 6th.
            Norm 1.06         Cdy  
            Deprt 0.77         8  
            % Nrm 172.6%            
Yearly Summery
            Total 3.18 48.6   7120 0    
            Norm 2.18            
            Deprt 1.00            
            %Nrm 145.9%            
Total 1266 723                      


Last Updated on 7/29/99
By Keith M