| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| October-02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 20.60 | 0 | 196 | 734 | ||||||||||||
| Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000 | Hail/Snow | Wtr | HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec | |||||||||||||
| Date | Max | Min | Obs | Avrg | N Hi | N Lw | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Fell | Grnd | Eq | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 60 | 43 | 43 | 52 | 64 | 41 | 52 | 0 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy..Sprinkle around noon. | |
| 2 | 48 | 33 | 40 | 41 | 63 | 40 | 52 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cool. | |
| 3 | 48 | 35 | 46 | 42 | 63 | 40 | 51 | -9 | 0.14 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy Cool..Light rain aftn & evening. | |
| 4 | 51 | 42 | 40 | 47 | 63 | 40 | 51 | -4 | 0.14 | 0.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | Cdy | Rain Am..Cool and windy | |
| 5 | 53 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 62 | 39 | 51 | -5 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Pc | Pc with light rain 10PM | |
| 6 | 47 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 62 | 39 | 50 | -9 | 0.59 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Pc | Windy and cool.Rain early Am. | |
| 7 | 54 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 61 | 38 | 50 | -5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | Cdy | Drizzle AM..Mostly Cldy and warmer. | |
| 8 | 49 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 61 | 38 | 50 | -7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | Pc | Cont. cool.. | |
| 9 | 53 | 28 | 45 | 41 | 60 | 38 | 49 | -8 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Pc | Pc and little warmer. Sprinkle 3:30pm | |
| 10 | 65 | 44 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 37 | 49 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Pc | Fog this AM..Lifting late..Sharp rise temp aftn | |
| 11 | 71 | 46 | 46 | 59 | 59 | 37 | 48 | 11 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Pc | Pc and warmer..7am low 56.Lgt rain 9pm | |
| 12 | 46 | 31 | 31 | 39 | 59 | 36 | 48 | -9 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 26 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cldy..1st snow flurries aftn..Day Hi 41 | |
| 13 | 46 | 29 | 39 | 38 | 58 | 36 | 47 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild. Light northerly winds. | |
| 14 | 59 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 36 | 47 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Su | Rising temps during night.. Mild day.. | |
| 15 | 44 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 57 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cold. | |
| 16 | 42 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 57 | 35 | 46 | -12 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 31 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. cold.Light flurries. | |
| 17 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 56 | 34 | 45 | -9 | 0.18 | 0.9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Snow Am..20 miles east of here had 6" | |
| 18 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 56 | 34 | 45 | -10 | 0.25 | 1.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | Cdy | Rain/Snow mixed AM..Windy and cold. | |
| 19 | 36 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 55 | 33 | 44 | -12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy and cont. cold. | |
| 20 | 35 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 54 | 33 | 44 | -12 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Very light flurries AM | |
| 21 | 39 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 54 | 32 | 43 | -12 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 34 | 0 | Cdy | M Cdy & cont. cold. Just couple of flurries. | |
| 22 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 53 | 32 | 42 | -12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Cont. seasonably cold. | |
| 23 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 52 | 31 | 42 | -12 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy and cold. Very light flurries. | |
| 24 | 34 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 52 | 31 | 41 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy and cont cold for Oct. | |
| 25 | 38 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 51 | 30 | 41 | -8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy and more of the same. | |
| 26 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 50 | 30 | 40 | -5 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 30 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cldy..Light flurries no accumulation. | |
| 27 | 43 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 49 | 29 | 39 | -2 | 0.02 | Trace | 0 | 28 | 0 | Cdy | Light flurries AM..Rain PM | |
| 28 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 49 | 29 | 39 | -2 | 0.08 | Trace | 0 | 28 | 0 | Cdy | Rain Am mixed with flurries. | |
| 29 | 37 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 48 | 28 | 38 | -8 | 0.04 | Trace | 0 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Rain turning to snow AM. Day high 34. | |
| 30 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 28 | 37 | -15 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Cold this AM..Light snow aftn.Clearing pm | |
| 31 | 33 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 46 | 27 | 37 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | Su | Sunny. Seemed warmer since no wind. | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 1383 | 953 | Su | October was just cold. Here in Moorhead | ||||||||||||
| 4 | I had 3 days above normal with 28 days | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 44.6 | 30.7 | 37.7 | 45.3 | -7.6 | 27 | 0 | Pc | normal or below. According to Fargo's | |||||||
| High | 71 | 46 | Total | 1.55 | 1.9 | 836 | 0 | 9 | records this was the 4th coldest and the | |||||||
| Low | 26 | 15 | Norm | 1.97 | Cdy | coldest since 1925. No accumulation of | ||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.42 | 18 | snow during the month. | |||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 78.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 22.15 | 1.9 | 1032 | 734 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 19.56 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | 2.59 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 113.2% | |||||||||||||||