April 2001

Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
April-01
                                 
Season Fwd                 1.20 44.5     8341 0    
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1961-90 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 40 27 30 34 45 26 35 -1 0.00 0.0 Trace   31 0 Pc Pc & warmer. Lgt winds aftn. Rvr 16.20
2 43 28 28 36 45 26 36 0 0.00 0.0 0   29 0 Pc Pc little warmer..Rvr 16.85
3 44 28 33 36 46 27 36 0 0.00 0.0 0   29 0 Cdy Mostly Cldy..Rvr 17.44
4 43 33 37 38 47 27 37 1 0.08 0.0 0   27 0 Cdy Light rain aftn/ PM..Rvr 18.01
5 46 31 31 39 47 27 37 2 0.00 0.0 0   26 0 Cdy Dense fog vis <1/4 mile. Am. Rvr 18.69
6 51 30 40 41 48 28 38 3 0.13 0.0 0   24 0 Cdy Dense Fog AM..Rain Pm.. Rvr 20.50
7 40 37 38 39 49 28 39 0 1.25 0.0 0   26 0 Cdy Moderate Rain AM ..Very Windy Rvr 24.92
8 45 33 38 39 49 29 39 0 Trace 0.0 0   26 0 Pc Pc becoming Cdy PM…Rvr 27.70
9 45 34 39 40 50 29 40 0 Trace 0.0 0   25 0 Cdy Cdy and cool..Very lgt rain mid Am..Rvr 30.05
10 47 38 42 43 51 30 40 3 0.00 0.0 0   22 0 Cdy Cldy..Lgt fog Am..Rvr 32.31
11 43 36 39 40 51 30 41 -1 0.49 0.0 0   25 0 Cdy Rain Aftn into evening..Rvr 34.29
12 51 31 31 41 52 31 41 0 0.14 0.0 0   24 0 Pc Pc to Cldy..Warmer..Rvr 35.97
13 52 31 40 42 53 31 42 0 Trace 0.0 0   23 0 Cdy Mostly Cdy..Windy..Rvr 36.66
14 63 29 43 46 53 32 42 4 0.00 0.0 0   19 0 Pc Pc & warmer..Rvr Crested @11am 36.70
15 43 24 25 34 54 32 43 -9 Trace Trace 0   31 0 Cdy Lgt sn...Windy. Day Hi 31 Rvr 36.08
16 38 20 30 29 55 32 44 -15 Trace 0.1 0   36 0 Su Snow early Am.Sunny aftn. Windy.Rvr 35.44
17 47 25 36 36 55 33 44 -8 0.00 0.0 0   29 0 Su Sunny little warmer..Rvr 34.45
18 63 32 48 48 56 33 45 3 0.00 0.0 0   17 0 Pc Pc and much warmer..Rvr 33.57
19 63 41 53 52 56 34 45 7 0.00 0.0 0   13 0 Pc Pc and cont mild..Windy..Rvr 32.55
20 64 44 49 54 57 34 46 8 0.00 0.0 0   11 0 Cdy Cldy..Rvr 31.36
21 49 28 28 39 57 35 46 -7 0.00 0.0 0   26 0 Cdy Windy/Dropping temps.Day High 36/ Rvr 30.53
22 32 28 32 30 58 35 46 -16 0.38 3.6 3   35 0 Cdy Snow.. Heavy at times this aftn. Rvr 29.83
23 52 31 42 42 58 35 47 -5 0.38 4.3 Trace   23 0 Su Heavy snow Am..Clearing.. Rv 29.14
24 60 33 44 47 59 36 47 0 0.00 0.0 0   18 0 Su High clds warmer..Rvr 28.58
25 77 37 60 57 59 36 48 9 0.00 0.0 0   8 0 Su Sunny and very mild. Rvr 28.12
26 69 44 44 57 60 37 48 9 0.00 0.0 0   8 0 Su Sunny and mild. Some high clds. Rvr 27.74
27 72 39 58 56 60 37 49 7 Trace 0.0 0   9 0 Pc Pc and cont mild..Little windy . Rvr 27.54
28 79 55 65 67 61 37 49 18 0.00 0.0 0   0 2 Su Sunny and windy. Rvr 27.36
29 85 57 72 71 62 38 50 21 0.01 0.0 0   0 6 Pc Pc with light spinkle arnd 6pm. /Rvr 27.10
30 78 54 56 66 62 38 50 16 0.00 0.0 0   0 1 Pc Pc and mild..Light winds. Rvr 26.65
                                 
 
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg     Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd   HDD CDD Days Recap
Total 1624 1038                         Su April turned out to be little above normal for
                              7 temperatures but much above in precipitation.
Avrg 54.1 34.6   44.4     43.0 1.4         21 0 Pc It was a weird month. Had 7.9 inches of
High 85 57           Total 2.86 8.0     620 9 10 snow on the 22nd and 23rd then 6 days
Low 32 20           Norm 1.82           Cdy later had high of 85, only in the upper midwest
                Deprt 1.04           13  
                % Nrm 157.1%              
Yearly Summery
                Total 4.06 52.5     8961 9    
                Norm 4.00              
                Deprt 0.06              
                %Nrm 101.5%              
                                 

Last Updated on 5/1/01@ 6:30pm
By Keith
Email: kemsky@worldnet.att.net