Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-02
Season Fwd									22.31	3.7			2123	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	29	18	18	24	26	11	18	6	0.00	0.0	0		41	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Cool.
2	18	0	4	9	26	10	18	-9	0.00	0.0	0		56	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Day high 9
3	14	2	2	8	25	10	18	-10	0.06	2.1	2		57	0	Cdy	Snow late aftn moderate at times.
4	8	-7	4	1	25	9	17	-16	0.00	0.0	2		64	0	Su	Sunny and cold.
5	19	4	11	12	25	9	17	-5	Trace	0.1	2		53	0	Pc	Pc . Light snow flurries aftn.
6	34	8	26	21	24	8	16	5	0.00	0.0	1		44	0	Su	Fair to Pc..Warmer..
7	27	19	19	23	24	8	16	7	0.00	0.0	1		42	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Clds moving in PM.
8	16	0	11	8	23	7	15	-7	0.00	0.0	1		57	0	Su	Fair and much colder.
9	43	11	27	27	23	7	15	12	0.00	0.0	0		38	0	Su	Fair and very mild.
10	48	18	27	33	23	6	14	19	0.00	0.0	0		32	0	Su	RECORD HIGH  KFAR had  47
11	42	20	25	31	22	6	14	17	0.00	0.0	0		34	0	Su	High clouds and cont mild.
12	43	18	21	31	22	6	14	17	0.00	0.0	0		34	0	Pc	Pc and cont. mild.
13	48	16	29	32	2	5	13	19	0.00	0.0	0		33	0	Su	Sunny and mild.
14	46	22	26	34	21	5	13	21	0.00	0.0	0		31	0	Pc	Pc becoming cldy afternoon. Mild.Low 10pm
15	38	26	27	32	21	4	13	19	0.00	0.0	0		33	0	Cdy	Rising temps during night..Cdy most of day.
16	28	23	24	26	20	4	12	14	0.07	0.7	1		39	0	Cdy	Cldy very windy and cold. Snow Pm.
17	34	24	33	29	20	4	12	17	0.03	0.1	Tr		36	0	Cdy	Snow early AM..Freezing Drizzle 8pm..(.01)
18	33	32	32	33	20	3	11	22	0.27	1.7	2		32	0	Cdy	Rain/snow AM..Rain aftn turning to snow 5pm
19	32	25	25	29	20	3	11	18	0.03	0.3	2		36	0	Cdy	Occ light snow..Steady Temps.
20	26	19	20	23	19	2	11	12	0.20	3.1	5		42	0	Cdy	Snow most of the day..
21	25	13	13	19	19	2	10	9	Trace	0.1	5		46	0	Cdy	Cldy..Light snow AM and again PM
22	21	11	11	16	19	2	10	6	0.04	0.8	6		49	0	Cdy	Snow off and on most of the day.
23	14	6	12	10	18	1	10	0	Trace	Trace	6		55	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Trace snow 11pm.
24	12	-5	-5	4	18	1	10	-6	0.00	0.0	6		61	0	Pc	Pc and cold.  Day high was 6
25	15	-6	4	5	18	1	9	-4	0.00	0.0	6		60	0	Pc	Clear AM..Cold. PC aftn..Cont. cold.
26	23	4	14	14	18	0	9	5	0.00	0.0	5		51	0	Su	Fair..Little warmer.
27	31	11	26	21	17	0	9	12	Trace	0.3	4		44	0	Pc	Fair to Pc and warmer..Snow around 11:30pm
28	32	20	20	26	17	-1	8	18	0.13	1.6	6		39	0	Cdy	Snow early AM..Mild Lgt Winds.Dense Fog PM
29	37	17	34	27	17	-1	8	19	0.00	0.0	6		38	0	Cdy	Warmer and windy this aftn.
30	34	10	10	22	17	-1	8	14	0.00	0.0	6		43	0	Su	Sunny and cold. Day high 31/Up to 4:40pm
31	16	2	16	9	16	-1	8	1	0.00	0.0	6		56	0	Cdy	Cldy..cold..Rising temperatures PM.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	886	381													Su	December was another warm month.
															9	Only had 7 days below normal.
Avrg	28.6	12.3		20.5			12.5	8.0					44	0	Pc	Greatest snow fall was on the 20th with
High	48	32						Total	0.83	10.9			1376	0	9	3.1 inches of snow and greatest amount
Low	8	-7						Norm	0.57						Cdy	of snow on the ground was 6 inches.
								Deprt	0.26						13
								% Nrm	145.6%
Yearly Summery
								Total	23.14	14.6			3499	734
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	1.95
								%Nrm	109.2%