| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | |||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | |||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | |||||||||||||||
| December-00 | |||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 37.81 | 15.3 | 10 | 1877 | 430 | ||||||||||
| Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1961-90 | Hail/Snow | HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec | |||||||||||||
| Date | Max | Min | Obs | Avrg | N Hi | N Lw | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Fell | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 51 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cldy..Cleaing pm.. |
| 2 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 55 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Cold southerly winds. |
| 3 | 33 | 11 | 31 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Pc and warmer. |
| 4 | 35 | -4 | -4 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 17 | -1 | Trace | 0.1 | 9 | 49 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy..Light snow..Very windy. |
| 5 | 6 | -10 | 6 | -2 | 24 | 8 | 16 | -18 | Trace | Trace | 9 | 67 | 0 | Su | Mostly clear and cold. Trace of snow midnight |
| 6 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 0.04 | 0.5 | 9 | 53 | 0 | Cdy | Rising temps night..dropping day..Lgt snow |
| 7 | 19 | -1 | -1 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 0.04 | 0.5 | 10 | 56 | 0 | Pc | Cldy Am snow..Clearing pm and cold. |
| 8 | 16 | -3 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 58 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cooler..Light winds. |
| 9 | 24 | -11 | -11 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 0.03 | 0.7 | 7 | 58 | 0 | Cdy | Frz Driz AM..Sn/BLSn aftn..Sharp drop tmp |
| 10 | -5 | -19 | -7 | -12 | 22 | 5 | 14 | -26 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 77 | 0 | Pc | Clear cold AM..Pc later aftn..Cold day. |
| 11 | -4 | -9 | -9 | -6 | 22 | 5 | 13 | -19 | Trace | Trace | 7 | 71 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont cold. Trace of snow midnight |
| 12 | -7 | -19 | -12 | -13 | 21 | 4 | 13 | -26 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 78 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont very cold. AP low -21 |
| 13 | 1 | -15 | -8 | -7 | 21 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 72 | 0 | Pc | Pc and little warmer. |
| 14 | 11 | -13 | 6 | -1 | 20 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 66 | 0 | Pc | Pc. Windy.Warmer |
| 15 | 16 | -3 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 0.01 | 0.4 | 7 | 58 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy with light snow late aftn. |
| 16 | 16 | -7 | -7 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 0.04 | 1.1 | 8 | 60 | 0 | Cdy | Blizzard conditions. Dropping temps. Day hi 6 |
| 17 | 0 | -12 | 0 | -6 | 19 | 2 | 11 | -17 | 0.05 | 0.6 | 8 | 71 | 0 | Pc | Pc and colder..Light snow pm. |
| 18 | 3 | -8 | -8 | -2 | 19 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 0.06 | 0.8 | 9 | 67 | 0 | Pc | Mostly cldy..windy . Some blowing sn aftn. |
| 19 | 4 | -14 | 4 | -5 | 18 | 1 | 10 | -15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 70 | 0 | Pc | Pc becoming Cldy late afternoon. |
| 20 | 12 | -5 | -5 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 9 | 61 | 0 | Cdy | Blizzard cont. again..Not much snow. |
| 21 | -5 | -15 | -15 | -10 | 18 | 1 | 9 | -19 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 9 | 75 | 0 | Pc | Cldy Am snow/bl sn..Clearing late aftn. |
| 22 | -6 | -16 | -8 | -11 | 18 | 0 | 9 | -20 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 76 | 0 | Pc | Cldy Am..Clearing aftn..Pc late evening. |
| 23 | 0 | -14 | -14 | -7 | 17 | 0 | 9 | -16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 72 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont cold. Dropping temps aftn. |
| 24 | -8 | -16 | -14 | -12 | 17 | 0 | 8 | -20 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 77 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cold. |
| 25 | 9 | -17 | 4 | -4 | 17 | -1 | 8 | -12 | Trace | Trace | 9 | 69 | 0 | Pc | Clear and cold AM..Cldy light snow 10pm. |
| 26 | 4 | -8 | 3 | -2 | 17 | -1 | 8 | -10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 67 | 0 | Su | Fair and little cooler.(Day High 3) |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 7 | 1 | Trace | Trace | 9 | 57 | 0 | Cdy | High clouds..Warmer. Lgt snow 11p |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 7 | 1 | 0.40 | 8.0 | 14 | 57 | 0 | Cdy | Hvy Snow Am..Snow aftn heavy at times. |
| 29 | 9 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -2 | 7 | -3 | Trace | 0.1 | 14 | 61 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy light snow mid morning till noon. |
| 30 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -2 | 7 | -6 | Trace | Trace | 14 | 64 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy..Lgt flurries late aftn/evening |
| 31 | 1 | -14 | -14 | -6 | 16 | -2 | 7 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 14 | 71 | 0 | Cdy | Clearing AM with dropping temperatures |
| Monthly Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | ||||
| Total | 275 | -231 | Su | December 2000 was the 3rd coldest on | |||||||||||
| 3 | record according to Fargo's Airport readings. | ||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 8.9 | -7.5 | 0.7 | 11.6 | -10.9 | 64 | 0 | Pc | During the month we had snow on 17 days. | ||||||
| High | 35 | 11 | Total | 0.69 | 13.4 | 1987 | 0 | 16 | The most falling on the 28th with 8 inches. | ||||||
| Low | -8 | -19 | Norm | 0.65 | Cdy | Temperatures here at Moorhead were 10.9 | |||||||||
| Deprt | 0.04 | 12 | below normal with near normal precipitation. | ||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 106.2% | ||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 38.50 | 28.7 | 3864 | 430 | |||||||||||
| Norm | 19.45 | ||||||||||||||
| Deprt | 19.05 | ||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 197.9% | ||||||||||||||