Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-11
Season Fwd									23.34	0.8	T	0	1537	705
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1981-2010										Hail/Snow						HDD July-Jun…....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	28	12	15	20	28	12	20	0	0.00	0.0	T		45	0	Su	Sunny. Daytime high was 22.
2	42	15	31	29	27	11	19	10	0.00	0.0	0		36	0	Su	Fair and mild day..Windy
3	31	22	22	27	27	11	19	8	Trace	Trace	0		38	0	Cdy	Few renegade flurries this aftn and evening.
4	22	16	16	19	26	10	18	1	Trace	Trace	0		46	0	Cdy	Daytime High 20. Light snow flurries
5	16	2	10	9	26	10	18	-9	Trace	Trace	0		56	0	Cdy	Flurries 1am..Daytime High 11
6	28	3	22	16	26	9	17	-1	0.00	0.0	0		49	0	Pc	Warmer but on the windy side.
7	35	18	20	27	25	9	17	10	0.00	0.0	0		38	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Light winds
8	21	7	7	14	25	8	17	-3	Trace	0.1	T		51	0	Pc	Light Snow early AM..Clearing afternoon
9	18	1	7	10	24	8	16	-6	0.00	0.0	0		55	0	Su	Sunny and cold.Went with -0- snow on grd
10	40	6	29	23	24	8	16	7	0.00	0.0	0		42	0	Su	Rising temps after midnight. Mild afternoon
11	45	21	21	33	24	7	15	18	0.00	0.0	0		32	0	Su	Sunny mild.
12	29	14	19	22	23	7	15	7	0.00	0.0	0		43	0	Pc	Cooler. Winds Northernly 10-15
13	35	19	30	27	23	7	15	12	0.00	0.0	0		38	0	Cdy	Warmer but cloudy all day..Fog in aftn.
14	36	25	25	31	22	6	14	17	0.03	0.1	T		34	0	Cdy	Freezing drizzle Am. Rain Aftn/Sleet snow pm
15	30	10	11	20	22	6	14	6	Trace	Trace	T		45	0	Pc	Steady to falling temperatures.Lgt snow early
16	21	11	20	16	22	6	14	2	0.01	0.2	T		49	0	Cdy	Snow 7am-10 am..Steady temperatures PM
17	36	16	20	26	22	5	13	13	0.00	0.0	T		39	0	Su	Sunny warmer
18	53	20	32	37	21	5	13	24	0.00	0.0	0		28	0	Su	Fair..Recorded Max temp KFAR 55.
19	32	16	16	24	21	5	13	11	0.00	0.0	0		41	0	Pc	Much cooler but still way above normal.
20	41	12	28	27	21	4	13	15	0.00	0.0	0		38	0	Pc	Windy and warmer..Nice Dec day.
21	37	24	24	31	20	4	12	19	0.00	0.0	0		34	0	Pc	Some freezing rain S of town AM..None here
22	33	17	22	25	20	4	12	13	Trace	Trace	0		40	0	Pc	T of snow 4:30am. Pc aftn, overcast pm.
23	30	14	16	22	20	4	12	10	0.02	0.6	1		43	0	Cdy	Light fluffy Snow AM.. Pc aftn.
24	39	13	37	26	20	3	12	15	0.00	0.0	T		39	0	Cdy	Cloudy then clearing late afternoon.
25	43	27	29	35	20	3	11	24	0.00	0.0	T		30	0	Pc	Mild and all the snow melted.
26	50	29	34	40	19	3	11	29	Trace	0.0	0		25	0	Pc	Record high..Old record 45..Light rain/Dz 10:30
27	34	7	14	21	19	3	11	10	Trace	Trace	0		44	0	Pc	Daytime high 14. Light snow 10:00pm-11:30
28	38	14	33	26	19	2	11	15	0.08	Trace	0		39	0	Pc	T of snow 1am..All rain 6-9pm.
29	33	19	28	26	19	2	11	16	0.07	0.6	0		39	0	Pc	Light rain 1am. Pc afternoon. Snow 8pm on
30	29	23	24	26	19	2	10	16	0.14	1.1	1		39	0	Cdy	Snow ending 11am. Mist pm Sn Depth   2"
31	34	23	25	29	19	2	10	19	0.05	0.4	2		36	0	Cdy	Snow midmoring, ending 1:45 PM.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	1039	476													Su	Dec was another mild month.  Warmest day
															7	was 53 on the 18th and colderst day 1 on the
Avrg	33.5	15.4		24.5			14.1	10.4					40	0	Pc	9th. We only had 3.1 inches of snow bringing
High	53	29						Total	0.40	3.1			1251	0	14	the year total to only  3.9 inches which makes
Low	16	1						Norm	0.83	11.2					Cdy	Dec one of the driest on recorded also.
								Deprt	-0.43	-8.1					10
								% Nrm	48.2%	0.3
Yearly Summery  (Snowfall July to June)
								Total	23.74	3.9			2788	705
								Norm	22.58	19.8
								Deprt	1.16	-15.9
								%Nrm	105.1%	19.7%