| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| March-02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 0.33 | 27.8 | Trace | 2607 | 694 | Snow Depth measured at 5pm | ||||||||||
| 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 | Depth | Eq | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 15 | -8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 61 | 0 | Su | Clear and cold. | |
| 2 | 15 | -4 | -4 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 59 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. windy and cold. Wc -16 at times | |
| 3 | 15 | -11 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 21 | -19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | Pc | Coldest day of the season..Becoming Cldy PM. | |
| 4 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 21 | -3 | 0.16 | 2.0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | Pc | Snow Am..Pc aftn..Cldy light flurries late aftn. | |
| 5 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 0.06 | 1.0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | Cdy | Snow late aftn/PM. | |
| 6 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | Pc | Pc and colder. | |
| 7 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 0.20 | 3.4 | 4 | 53 | 0 | Cdy | Snow aftn and evening. | |
| 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 0.14 | 2.6 | 6 | 53 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt. Flurries Am..Mod Snow Pm..No travel adv | |
| 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 24 | -17 | 0.16 | 2.6 | 8 | 58 | 0 | Pc | Snow AM..No travel advised AM..Pc Aftn | |
| 10 | 15 | -6 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 24 | -19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 60 | 0 | Su | Sunny most of day..Cldy late aftn. | |
| 11 | 27 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5 | 50 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild..Becoming cldy early Pm. | |
| 12 | 56 | 21 | 31 | 39 | 33 | 17 | 25 | 14 | Trace | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | Pc | Rising temps during night. Lgt sprinkle aftn. | |
| 13 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | Pc | Pc to Cdy much cooler. | |
| 14 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 26 | -1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy and cool. Heavy snow in St Cloud/Mps | |
| 15 | 37 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 39 | 0 | Su | Sunny and little warmer.. | |
| 16 | 43 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild | |
| 17 | 42 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 7 | Trace | Trace | Trace | 30 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy..Light snow 9:30pm.. | |
| 18 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 36 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.6 | Trace | 37 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy..Light rain mixed with snow aftn. | |
| 19 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 21 | 29 | -13 | Trace | Trace | Trace | 49 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cold. Light flurries around 4am. | |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 21 | 29 | -20 | 0.21 | 3.1 | 2 | 56 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy snow most of the day..Pc late aftn. | |
| 21 | 17 | -1 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 21 | 30 | -22 | Trace | Trace | 2 | 57 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Very light flurries late aftn..Windy/Cold | |
| 22 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 30 | -10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | Su | Sunny and warmer..Some snow melted. | |
| 23 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 43 | 0 | Pc | Pc and LCT.. | |
| 24 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 22 | 31 | -14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 48 | 0 | Su | Mostly sunny with thin clouds overhead. Cold | |
| 25 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 23 | 32 | -14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 47 | 0 | Su | Sunny and little warmer. | |
| 26 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 41 | 23 | 32 | -6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | Pc | Pc and warmer.. | |
| 27 | 53 | 23 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Windy..Lots of blowing dirt! Vis 2-3 miles | |
| 28 | 52 | 35 | 35 | 44 | 42 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Pc | Rain AM..Sunny mid morning..Cldy aftn. | |
| 29 | 48 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 6 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | Pc | Pc becoming cldy late aftn. Sprinkle of rain PM | |
| 30 | 41 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 0 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 31 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cldy..Very light flurries AM/Late PM. | |
| 31 | 35 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 44 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | Pc | Lgt snow early AM.. Cooler | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 914 | 336 | Su | March was opposite from the previous | ||||||||||||
| 8 | months with only 6 days above normal . | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 29.5 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 27.2 | -7.0 | 45 | 0 | Pc | Total snow fall was 15.7 which is 36% of | |||||||
| High | 56 | 35 | Total | 1.06 | 15.7 | 1380 | 0 | 15 | the total snow fall for the winter. | |||||||
| Low | 12 | -11 | Norm | 1.17 | Cdy | |||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 90.6% | |||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1.39 | 43.5 | 3987 | 694 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 2.52 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | -1.13 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 55.2% | |||||||||||||||