| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| December-01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 20.60 | 16.9 | 9 | 1571 | 694 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 41 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy..Little warmer. | |
| 2 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Cldy AM..Pc aftn.Clearing Pm.. | |
| 3 | 42 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild..Melted some snow. | |
| 4 | 36 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | Su | Sunny another nice day. | |
| 5 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0.02 | Trace | 3 | 36 | 0 | Cdy | Frz drizzle Am..Fog..Lgt snow Pm. | |
| 6 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | Su | Sunnny turning cldy late aftn..Day high 21 | |
| 7 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Little warmer. | |
| 8 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | Pc | Pc and colder..Light southerly winds. | |
| 9 | 37 | 19 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | Pc | Mild..Little more windy. Very nice Dec day | |
| 10 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | Su | Dropping temps aftn. Day high 27 | |
| 11 | 38 | 13 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | Pc | Rising temps night..Mild aftn. | |
| 12 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | Cdy | Daytime high was 27. | |
| 13 | 25 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cloudy..Breezy | |
| 14 | 34 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | Cdy | Cdy..Light fog./haze | |
| 15 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Windy and mild..Light fog most of day. | |
| 16 | 37 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 22 | Trace | 0.0 | Trace | 32 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cloudy..Steady temps..Drizzle AM. | |
| 17 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 36 | 0 | Su | Mostly sunny..Cloudys moving in PM | |
| 18 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 38 | 0 | Pc | Not much temperature change. | |
| 19 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 44 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cooler. | |
| 20 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 46 | 0 | Su | Sunny and LCT | |
| 21 | 33 | 9 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 44 | 0 | Pc | Rising temps during night. Windy & mild aftn | |
| 22 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0.11 | 1.9 | 2 | 44 | 0 | Cdy | Snow late aftn..Very windy..Day High 25 | |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Trace | 0.1 | 2 | 56 | 0 | Pc | Clear Am..Pc aftn..Light snow Pm. | |
| 24 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0.01 | 0.4 | 2 | 54 | 0 | Pc | Occ very light fluffy snow. | |
| 25 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -1 | 8 | -1 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 3 | 58 | 0 | Su | Fair and cold. Day High 9 | |
| 26 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 8 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy..Little warmer. | |
| 27 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 16 | -1 | 7 | 12 | 0.02 | 0.8 | 4 | 46 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt Snow off and on all day. | |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 7 | 2 | 0.04 | 1.2 | 5 | 56 | 0 | Cdy | Snow early AM..Lgt snow aftn/pm/Day H 11 | |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 7 | 3 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 4 | 55 | 0 | Cdy | Light snow off and on all day. | |
| 30 | 13 | -3 | -3 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 7 | -2 | Trace | 0.2 | 4 | 60 | 0 | Pc | Lgt snow AM..Pc aftn..Day high 11/End 9pm | |
| 31 | 8 | -6 | 8 | 1 | 16 | -2 | 7 | -6 | Trace | Trace | 3 | 64 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cold. Very light snow 8 :30p | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 849 | 410 | Su | December turned out to be very mild with | ||||||||||||
| 7 | below normal precipitation. Only had 3 days | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 27.4 | 13.2 | 20.3 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 45 | 0 | Pc | with below normal temperatures. Average | |||||||
| High | 42 | 33 | Total | 0.22 | 5.2 | 1380 | 0 | 12 | temperature was 20.3 which is 8.7 above | |||||||
| Low | 8 | -6 | Norm | 0.65 | Cdy | normal. Heaviest snow fall was on the 22nd | ||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.43 | 12 | with 1.9 inches. | |||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 33.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 20.82 | 22.1 | 2951 | 694 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 19.45 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | 1.37 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 107.0% | |||||||||||||||