Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County  
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-06
Season Fwd 0.83 36.5 11 3.0 5919 0
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 38 21 21 30 28 13 20 10 0.06 0.5 9   35 0 Cdy Cloudy..Graupel 5pm. Snow 8pm on.
2 25 19 19 22 28 13 20 2 0.11 1.1 10 43 0 Cdy Snow early AM..Pc to cldy aftn. Cooler
3 23 13 14 18 29 14 21 -3 Trace Trace 10 47 0 Cdy Frz Mist AM..and Ice pellets.
4 37 13 34 25 29 14 21 4 Trace 0.0 10 40 0 Cdy Mostly Cloudy..Light rain 10:30pm
5 35 28 29 32 29 14 22 10 0.05 0.3 10 2.8 33 0 Cdy Lgt rain 6am..Light snow/graupel late aftn/evng
6 32 28 29 30 30 14 22 8 Trace Trace 10   35 0 Cdy Light flurries around 1pm
7 35 29 32 32 30 15 23 9 Trace 0.0 9 33 0 Cdy Very windy AM..Lgt rain aftn. 
8 45 26 27 36 31 15 23 13 0.00 0.0 8 29 0 Su Sunny and mild.
9 39 25 31 32 31 16 24 8 0.00 0.0 7 33 0 Su Sunny aftn..Cont mild.
10 44 31 33 38 32 16 24 14 0.00 0.0 6   27 0 Su Fair and cont mild. 
11 40 31 31 36 32 16 24 12 0.54 3.3 9   29 0 Cdy Heavy wet snow AM with little thunder.
12 32 14 14 23 33 17 25 -2 0.00 0.0 8 3.2 42 0 Cdy Cldy..Cooler
13 19 10 11 15 33 17 25 -10 Trace Trace 8 50 0 Cdy Mostly cloudy..Light flurries..Cold..Windy
14 22 4 7 13 34 18 26 -13 0.00 0.0 8 52 0 Su Sunny and cont cold..Light winds
15 27 2 20 15 34 18 26 -11 0.00 0.0 8   50 0 Pc Fair to PC..Little warmer. 
16 25 10 12 18 35 19 27 -9 0.00 0.0 8 47 0 Pc Pc..LTC..Cont Light winds
17 33 3 14 18 35 20 28 -10 0.00 0.0 8 47 0 Su Fair and warmer..Light winds.
18 37 15 19 26 36 20 28 -2 0.00 0.0 8 39 0 Pc Pc warmer..
19 31 18 20 25 37 21 29 -4 0.00 0.0 7 40 0 Pc Pc to cldy..Cooler 
20 31 17 22 24 37 21 29 -5 0.00 0.0 4 1.5 41 0 Cdy Mostly cloudy..
21 30 13 18 22 38 21 30 -8 0.00 0.0 4 43 0 Pc Pc to cloudy..Cont cool.
22 33 10 19 22 38 22 30 -8 0.00 0.0 4 43 0 Pc Pc..Little warmer.
23 31 17 25 24 39 22 31 -7 Trace Trace 3 41 0 Pc Pc to Cldy..Very light flurries aftn.
24 33 24 30 29 40 22 31 -2 Trace Trace 3 36 0 Cdy Mostly Cloudy..Lgt flurries around noon.
25 35 29 32 32 40 23 32 0 0.00 0.0 3   33 0 Cdy Mostly Cloudy..Light winds
26 41 27 36 34 41 23 32 2 0.00 0.0 2 1.9 31 0 Su High thin cloudy..Mild.Windy.Gust to 32
27 40 34 34 37 42 24 33 4 Trace 0.0 2 28 0 Cdy Lgt rain am/aftn 
28 38 33 36 36 42 24 33 3 0.00 0.0 1 29 0 Cdy Fog AM..Cloudy all day.
29 53 35 47 44 43 25 34 10 0.00 0.0 Trace 21 0 Pc Pc and much warmer..Most of snow gone.
30 50 41 41 46 43 25 34 12 0.12 0.0 0 19 0 Cdy Mild overnight with lgt rain AM and again PM
31 41 31 31 36 44 26 35 1 0.51 0.0 0   29 0 Cdy Rain AM.. Very windy.
Monthly Summary
  Max Min   Avrg     Norm Deprt Pre Ha/Sn Grnd   HDD CDD Days Recap
                              Su March was an up and down month on the
Avrg 34.7 21.0   27.9     27.2 0.7         37 0 6 temperature side but ending up above normal.
                              Pc Most snow fell on the 11th with 3.3 inches.
High 53 41           Total 1.39 5.2     1145 0 8 Greatest snow depth 10 inches on 2-6th
Low 19 2           Norm 1.17           Cdy with a fast melt down at the end of month
                Deprt 0.22           17 putting the depth to -0- by the 30th.
Total 1075 651           % Nrm 118.8%              
Yearly Summary
                Total 2.22 41.7     7064 0    
                Norm 2.52              
                Deprt -0.30              
                %Nrm 88.1%