Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County  
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
February-12
Season Fwd 0.69 11.9 4 0.57 4190 0
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 SWE HDD CDD Sky Description Of Weather
1 43 20 23 32 20 1 10 22 0.00 0.0 4   33 0 Su Hoar frost AM..Mild afternoon with light winds
2 29 20 24 25 20 1 11 14 0.00 0.0 3   40 0 Cdy Fog all day becoming dense fog 5pm on
3 26 21 22 24 21 1 11 13 0.00 0.0 3   41 0 Cdy Dense fog most of the day.
4 30 22 29 26 21 2 11 15 0.01 0.1 3   39 0 Cdy Dense fog with light snow AM. Lifting by noon.
5 40 20 33 30 21 2 11 19 Trace Trace 3 0.53 35 0 Su Dusting sn 7am..Fog. Clearing by 8:30am
6 33 13 13 23 21 2 12 11 0.00 0.0 3   42 0 Cdy Mostly cloudy..Daytime high 31 
7 18 1 6 10 21 2 12 -2 0.00 0.0 3   55 0 Su Cold WC this morning.Bar 30.69 
8 30 4 20 17 22 3 12 5 0.00 0.0 3   48 0 Su Sunny and warmer. 
9 34 4 4 19 22 3 13 7 0.00 0.0 3   46 0 Pc Mild noon then dropping temps..WC -13 pm
10 4 -10 -3 -3 22 3 13 -16 0.00 0.0 3   68 0 Su Cold WC -30 Am..Cont cold afternoon.
11 17 -6 2 6 23 4 13 -7 0.00 0.0 3   59 0 Su Sunny little warmer..Peak Bar 30.69
12 30 -3 18 14 23 4 14 1 0.00 0.0 3   51 0 Su Sunny, light winds and warmer.
13 36 13 22 25 23 5 14 11 0.00 0.0 3 0.54 40 0 Su Sunny and mild for this time of the year.
14 35 17 29 26 23 5 14 12 Trace Trace 3   39 0 Pc Some graupel report in metro..Flurries PM
15 35 23 27 29 24 5 15 15 Trace Trace 3   36 0 Cdy Mostly cloudy with light snow flurries.
16 39 21 33 30 24 6 15 15 0.00 0.0 3   35 0 Pc Pc and mild..Light winds.
17 33 20 24 27 24 6 15 12 Trace Trace 3   38 0 Cdy Light flurries around noon hour.
18 40 13 27 27 25 7 16 11 0.00 0.0 3   38 0 Sun Mild.. Light winds.
19 45 23 36 34 25 7 16 18 0.00 0.0 2   31 0 Pc Mild..Snow depth 11pm 1.4 
20 36 30 30 33 25 8 17 17 0.38 3.5 1   32 0 Cdy Heavy wet Snow midmorning on.
21 31 25 25 28 26 8 17 11 0.01 0.3 5   37 0 Cdy Snow early am.again afternoon.
22 28 12 18 20 26 9 17 3 Trace Trace 5   45 0 Cdy Light flurries mid morning.Light winds.
23 32 9 25 21 26 9 18 3 0.02 0.3 5   44 0 Cdy Snow this afternoon
24 25 11 11 18 27 10 18 0 Trace Trace 4   47 0 Cdy Lgt flurries most of day..Day High 19. Clear pm
25 21 1 21 11 27 10 19 -8 0.00 0.0 4   54 0 Cdy Clear AM..Cldy by noon. Southerny winds 
26 27 15 15 21 27 11 19 2 0.36 4.2 6   44 0 Cdy Snow all day..winds picking up this evening.
27 15 3 12 9 28 11 20 -11 Trace Trace 8 1.10 56 0 Pc Lgt flurries AM..Fair Pc afternoon. Cold day.
28 35 12 29 24 28 12 20 4 Trace 0.1 8   41 0 Cdy Rising temps overnight.
29 31 26 26 29 28 12 20 9 0.38 4.0 7   36 0 Cdy Snow thru mid afternoon. Snow depth 9
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg     Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd   HDD CDD Days Recap
Total 878 380                         Su Feb started out very mild but the last 10 days  
                              8 we had very unsettled weather. All our snow 
Avrg 30.3 13.1   21.7     14.8 6.9         43 0 Pc fell in the last 10 days of the month. We were 
High 45 30           Total 1.16 12.5     1250 0 5 above the normal for temperatures with the 
Low 4 -10           Norm 0.61 7.0         Cdy coldest day on 10th with -10. This winter is the
                Deprt 0.55 5.5         15 warmest on record from 12-1 to 2-29. with 
                % Nrm 190.2% 178.6%           average temperature of 22.1 old 1987 with 22.0
Yearly Summery  (Snowfall July to June)
                Total 1.85 24.4     5440 0    
                Norm 1.31 38.0            
                Deprt 0.54 -13.6            
                %Nrm 141.2% 64.2%