| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| May-02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 2.90 | 49.8 | 4725 | 695 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 45 | 26 | 26 | 36 | 64 | 39 | 51 | -15 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Light flurries in the afternoon. | |
| 2 | 51 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 64 | 40 | 52 | -14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Su | Sunny and warmer.. | |
| 3 | 74 | 34 | 54 | 54 | 65 | 40 | 52 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Pc | Pc and Windy .. Gust 44 @ 11:15am (SSE) | |
| 4 | 56 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 65 | 41 | 53 | -8 | 0.04 | Trace | 0 | 20 | 0 | Pc | Rain mixed with snow AM.. Cooler | |
| 5 | 62 | 37 | 39 | 50 | 65 | 41 | 53 | -3 | 0.07 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Cdy | Rain 8am..Pc Aftn..Cldy late aftn.. | |
| 6 | 46 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 66 | 41 | 54 | -13 | 0.03 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt rain mid morning..Much colder. GF/Snow | |
| 7 | 47 | 26 | 37 | 37 | 66 | 42 | 54 | -17 | 0.20 | 0.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | Cdy | Cont. cold..Light rain PM. | |
| 8 | 42 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 67 | 42 | 55 | -15 | 1.29 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | Cdy | Rain all day and cold. Up to 10pm | |
| 9 | 47 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 67 | 43 | 55 | -14 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 24 | 0 | Cdy | Drizzle Am mixed with flurries. Wind gust 48 | |
| 10 | 65 | 33 | 48 | 49 | 67 | 43 | 55 | -6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Pc | Much warmer..Nice day. | |
| 11 | 55 | 42 | 42 | 49 | 68 | 44 | 56 | -7 | 0.29 | 0.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Cdy | Rain aftn..and evening. | |
| 12 | 60 | 36 | 47 | 48 | 68 | 44 | 56 | -8 | 0.10 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Cdy | Dense Fog AM..M Cldy..Light rain 6:30/10:45pm | |
| 13 | 63 | 40 | 40 | 52 | 69 | 44 | 57 | -5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Su | Sunny and windy..Gust to 32 @ 3pm | |
| 14 | 70 | 31 | 58 | 51 | 69 | 45 | 57 | -6 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | Su | Sunny and windy..Gust to 31 @ 7pm | |
| 15 | 76 | 39 | 39 | 58 | 69 | 45 | 57 | 1 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Pc | Windy with dropping temperatures late aftn. | |
| 16 | 54 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 70 | 45 | 58 | -15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | Su | Fair and much colder..Freeze Warning Out | |
| 17 | 56 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 70 | 46 | 58 | -16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. cold. Near record low. | |
| 18 | 59 | 29 | 39 | 44 | 70 | 46 | 58 | -14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Su | RECORD LOW Ap 25..Sunny | |
| 19 | 60 | 32 | 40 | 46 | 71 | 47 | 59 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Su | TIED RECORD LOW Ap 29..Sunny | |
| 20 | 66 | 33 | 49 | 50 | 71 | 47 | 59 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Su | Cont. sunny and warmer. | |
| 21 | 74 | 44 | 61 | 59 | 71 | 47 | 59 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Su | Sunny and windy..Warmer. Gust to 40 | |
| 22 | 80 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 72 | 48 | 60 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pc | Pc..Rain early AM..Thunder no rain 7pm. | |
| 23 | 60 | 37 | 40 | 49 | 72 | 48 | 60 | -11 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Cdy | Light drizzle AM.. Much colder. Day high 47 | |
| 24 | 59 | 28 | 42 | 44 | 72 | 48 | 60 | -16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Pc | TIED RECORD LOW AP 26..Lgt winds. | |
| 25 | 71 | 41 | 57 | 56 | 73 | 49 | 61 | -5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Pc | Pc to cldy..Showers in area.. | |
| 26 | 78 | 50 | 50 | 64 | 73 | 49 | 61 | 3 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Pc | Sprinkle early AM..PC and mild aftn. | |
| 27 | 83 | 44 | 68 | 64 | 73 | 49 | 61 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild. Light var winds. | |
| 28 | 85 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 74 | 50 | 62 | 11 | 1.01 | Trace | 0 | 0 | 8 | Pc | Thunder Storm mid aftn..Peasize hail.Gust 39 | |
| 29 | 87 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 74 | 50 | 62 | 11 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Pc | Pc..Sprinkle mid aftn and late evening. | |
| 30 | 89 | 58 | 63 | 74 | 74 | 50 | 62 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Su | Sunny..Windy..Warm. | |
| 31 | 88 | 59 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 50 | 62 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Su | Sunny and cont. warm. | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 2008 | 1193 | Su | There was no spring. Temperatures for May | ||||||||||||
| 11 | were 5.7 below normal. Had one record low | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 64.8 | 38.5 | 51.7 | 57.4 | -5.7 | 14 | 1 | Pc | and tied two others. Three days with snow | |||||||
| High | 89 | 60 | Total | 3.09 | Trace | 440 | 35 | 11 | flurries and some pea size hail in a thunder | |||||||
| Low | 42 | 24 | Norm | 2.61 | Cdy | storm on the 28th. Warmest day was on the | ||||||||||
| Deprt | 0.48 | 9 | 30th with 89. Coldest on the 2nd with 24. | |||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 118.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 5.99 | 49.8 | 5165 | 730 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 6.50 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.51 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 92.2% | |||||||||||||||