Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County  
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-14
Season Fwd -3 21.49 3.6 2 0 2042 491
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1981-2010 Hail/Snow HDD July-JunÉ....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 4 -11 4 -3 28 12 20 -23 0.00 0.0 2   68 0 Pc Clear cold am..Cldy by 7pm with WC of -15 to -20
2 18 4 15 11 27 11 19 -8 Trace Trace 2   54 0 Pc Pc warmer with few flurries at obs time.
3 18 7 8 13 27 11 19 -6 0.00 0.0 1   52 0 Pc Pc and LCT. Light winds.
4 32 8 21 20 26 10 18 2 0.00 0.0 1   45 0 Pc Much warmer..Light winds..Very nice Dec day.
5 27 12 12 20 26 10 18 2 0.00 0.0 1   45 0 Pc Fair to Pc..Little cooler. Light winds.
6 26 4 26 15 26 9 17 -2 0.00 0.0 1   50 0 Cdy Cloudy becoming Pc late afternoon/evening.
7 36 26 33 31 25 9 17 14 Trace 0.0 1   34 0 Cdy Windy. Sprinkle of rain this evening. Sn Depth T
8 33 11 11 22 25 8 17 5 0.02 0.1 T   43 0 Cdy Snow 2am.. 12pm and again 9pm-obs time
9 22 6 22 14 24 8 16 -2 Trace Trace T   51 0 Cdy Lgt snow midnight. Renegade flurries this afternoon
10 31 22 28 27 24 8 16 11 0.00 0.0 T   38 0 Cdy Steady temps overnight. Cold S winds this afternoon
11 32 27 31 30 24 7 15 15 0.00 0.0 T   35 0 Cdy Cloudy with fog/haze most of the day. 
12 34 30 32 32 23 7 15 17 0.00 0.0 T   33 0 Cldy Another cloudy and hazy day. 
13 42 31 36 37 23 7 15 22 Trace 0.0 0   28 0 Pc Dense fog Am..Clearing aftn then cloudy PM
14 44 31 31 38 22 6 14 24 0.04 Trace 0   27 0 Cdy Fog dense at times all day. Lgt rain afternoon/PM
15 31 13 13 22 22 6 14 8 0.01 Trace 0   43 0 Cdy Freezing rain AM..Light flurries & windy afternoon.
16 14 6 7 10 22 6 14 -4 Trace 0.3 T   55 0 Cdy Flurries off and on most of the day.
17 17 2 8 10 22 5 13 -3 0.00 0.0 T   55 0 Su Sunny and cold.  Light winds. 
18 19 5 19 12 21 5 13 -1 Trace Trace T   53 0 Pc Pc to cloudy..Rising temps PM..Light snow at obs
19 30 19 29 25 21 5 13 12 0.01 0.2 T   40 0 Cdy Snow ending 1am. Snow 4:30-6:30pm
20 31 28 30 30 21 4 13 17 0.00 0.0 T   35 0 Cdy Cloudy with LTC all day. Cool damp SE winds.
21 34 29 34 32 20 4 12 20 Trace 0.0 T   33 0 Cdy Cdy, Hazy, Lgt rain/drizzle pm. -0- sn on grd 11pm
22 39 32 32 36 20 4 12 24 0.08 Trace 0   29 0 Cdy Drizzle Am..Rain midday with some sn mix in pm 
23 33 29 29 31 20 4 12 19 0.09 0.3 0   34 0 Cdy Rain/Snow mixed Am 0.2 then again 9-11pm.
24 30 25 28 28 20 3 12 16 Trace Trace T   37 0 Cdy Lgt snow early am..Just cloudy with lgt winds aftn
25 29 25 25 27 20 3 11 16 0.00 0.0 T   38 0 Cdy Nice Christmas Day. Went to  Bemidji. 
26 26 7 7 17 19 3 11 6 Trace Trace T   48 0 Cdy Mostly cldy..Light flurries midday and pm. 
27 24 1 23 13 19 3 11 2 Trace Trace 0   52 0 Pc Clear cold am..Cldy light flurries noon.
28 23 -5 -5 9 19 2 11 -2 0.00 0.0 0   56 0 Su Clear dropping temps. Day Max 4. WC -20 at times
29 1 -12 -6 -5 19 2 11 -16 0.00 0.0 0   70 0 Su Sunny and cold..WC -30 Am then -20 this evening.
30 1 -11 -4 -5 19 2 10 -15 0.00 0.0 0   70 0 Su Sunny and another cold day. WC -20 to -25
31 18 -4 17 7 19 2 10 -3 Trace Trace 0   58 0 Pc Pc AM..Cloudy with few flurries this afternoon.
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg     Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd   HDD CDD Days Recap
Total 799 397                         Su December was a mild but uneventful month. 
                              4 Temperatures were well above the normal with very 
Avrg 25.8 12.8   19.3     14.2 5.1         45 0 Pc little snowfall. The last measurable snow on the 
High 44 32           Total 0.25 0.9     1409 0 9 ground was on the 7th, we had 10 days with 0.0. 
Low 1 -12           Norm 0.83 11.2         Cdy We are 15.3 inches below normal snowfall for
                Deprt -0.58 -10.3         17 the season. 
                % Nrm 30.2% 8.0%            
Yearly Summery  (Snowfall July to June)
                Total 21.74 4.5     3451 491    
                Norm 22.58 19.8            
                Deprt -0.84 -15.3            
                %Nrm 96.3% 22.7%