Feb 2000

Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
February-00
                               
Season Fwd                 0.33 10.8 2 4655 0    
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 21 15 17 18 17 -2 8 10 Trace Trace 2 47 0 Cdy Cdy..Lgt snow am..
2 48 17 31 33 17 -2 8 25 0.00 0.0 Trace 32 0 Su Sunny..Record High..Asos 47(Old46)
3 31 18 18 25 18 -2 8 17 0.04 1.1 1 40 0 Cdy Snow and blowing snow…Day hi 24
4 29 11 23 20 18 -1 8 12 Trace Trace 1 45 0 Su Tr snow aftr mid..Clearing 8am..
5 28 11 11 20 18 -1 9 11 0.00 0.0 1 45 0 Pc Pc to mostly sunny..LCT.
6 43 7 19 25 18 -1 9 16 0.00 0.0 Trace 40 0 Su Sunny and mild.
7 26 7 16 17 19 0 9 8 0.00 0.0 Trace 48 0 Pc Pc and cooler.
8 43 14 32 29 19 0 10 19 0.00 0.0 Trace 36 0 Cdy Mostly cldy but mild.
9 32 15 15 24 19 0 10 14 0.03 0.8 1 41 0 Cdy Lgt snow most of day. Day hi 22
10 15 2 2 9 19 1 10 -1 0.04 0.9 2 56 0 Pc Snow up to 9am..Pc aftn..Day hi 12
11 11 -7 2 2 20 1 10 -8 0.00 0.0 2 63 0 Su Sunny and cold.
12 18 -1 -1 9 20 1 11 -2 0.07 1.8 3 56 0 Pc Snow AM..Becoming Pc mid afternoon.
13 7 -10 7 -1 20 2 11 -12 0.00 0.0 3 66 0 Su Sunny and cold. Becoming cldy late evening.
14 22 7 11 15 21 2 12 3 0.02 1.3 4 50 0 Su Cdy with snow up to 9am..Clearing aftn.
15 17 5 5 11 21 3 12 -1 0.16 5.1 7 54 0 Pc Cldy moderate snow Am..Pc aftn snow endng.
16 14 -4 9 5 21 3 12 -7 Trace Trace 7 60 0 Pc Pc and cold. Flurries 9:30pm
17 23 8 18 16 22 3 13 3 Trace 0.2 5 49 0 Cdy Flurries early AM..Cldy aftn..Flurries 8pm
18 22 8 8 15 22 4 13 2 0.01 0.2 5 50 0 Pc Lgt snow Am..Pc aftn.
19 25 1 15 13 22 4 13 0 0.00 0.0 5 52 0 Su Sunny and little warmer.
20 33 7 18 20 23 5 14 6 0.00 0.0 4 45 0 Su Sunny and mild..GF has no snow hi was 51
21 38 16 24 27 23 5 14 13 0.00 0.0 3 38 0 Su Sunny little warmer..Nice fishing day.
22 42 19 28 31 24 6 15 16 0.00 0.0 3 34 0 Pc Fog AM.Vis 1/4.Pc mild..GF Hi 67.
23 43 23 38 33 24 6 15 18 0.05 0.0 2 32 0 Pc Fog AM.Vis 1/8..Pc becomng Cdy pm..Rain
24 41 35 39 38 24 7 16 22 0.02 0.0 Trace 27 0 Cdy Rain early AM.Dense fog mid day.
25 46 39 46 43 25 7 16 27 0.67 Trace 0 22 0 Cdy Rain,Thunder AM..Rain aftn.Pea size hail 11p
26 46 33 35 40 25 8 16 24 0.08 Trace 0 25 0 Cdy Light rain mixed with snow AM. Lgt rain aftn.
27 46 29 33 38 26 8 17 21 0.00 0.0 0 27 0 Su Sunny and cont mild..Clds moving in PM
28 52 33 39 43 26 9 17 26 0.00 0.0 0 22 0 Pc Pc and little warmer..Very windy.
29 41 35 35 38 26 9 17 21 0.00 0.0 0 27 0 Cdy Cldy and cooler..
                               
                               
 
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg     Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd HDD CDD Days Recap
Total 903 393                       Su So far this winter will be remembered as
                            10 the winter that wasn't. We had a snowy
Avrg 31.1 13.6   22.4     12.0 10.4       42 0 Pc period with below normal temperatures from
High 52 39           Total 1.19 11.4   1229 0 10 the 10th thru 16th. The balance of the month
Low 7 -10           Norm 0.45         Cdy was above normal. Had some lighting,
                Deprt 0.74         9 thunder, and hail on the 25th.
                % Nrm 264.4%            
Yearly Summery
                Total 1.52 22.2   5884 0    
                Norm 1.12            
                Deprt 0.40            
                %Nrm 135.7%            
                               

Last Updated on 3-1-00
By Keith
Email: kemsky@worldnet.att.net