| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| April-02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 1.39 | 43.5 | 3987 | 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 | Grnd | Eq | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 45 | 26 | 36 | -8 | 0.26 | 3.9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | Cdy | Snow AM.=1"..5pm on 2.9/Depth 10p 3" | |
| 2 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 27 | 36 | -14 | 0.11 | 2.0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | Cdy | Snow early AM..Flurries aftn & evening. | |
| 3 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 27 | 37 | -17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | Pc | Pc and cont. cold. | |
| 4 | 33 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 47 | 28 | 37 | -15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 43 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Little warmer. | |
| 5 | 39 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 48 | 28 | 38 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | Pc | Little warmer..Light winds. | |
| 6 | 47 | 24 | 43 | 36 | 49 | 28 | 39 | -3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Pc | Very windy..Gust at house 52/ AP 51 | |
| 7 | 46 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 39 | -1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Pc | Cldy AM..Pc aftn..LCT..Not as windy. | |
| 8 | 39 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 50 | 29 | 40 | -7 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 32 | 0 | Pc | Sn Pellets AM..Pc aftn..Colder | |
| 9 | 52 | 20 | 41 | 36 | 51 | 29 | 40 | -4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Pc | Pc and warmer..Rain late.. | |
| 10 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 42 | 51 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Cdy | Light rain most of the day. | |
| 11 | 48 | 35 | 37 | 42 | 52 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy and LCT..Dense fog this morning. | |
| 12 | 74 | 33 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 31 | 42 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Su | Sunny this aftn..Becoming PC late aftn. | |
| 13 | 68 | 46 | 52 | 57 | 53 | 31 | 42 | 15 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Pc | Pc rain early aftn. | |
| 14 | 71 | 45 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 32 | 43 | 15 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Su | Light rain early AM..Sunny and mild aftn. | |
| 15 | 76 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 54 | 32 | 43 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Pc | Pc and very warm. 90's in S Mn. | |
| 16 | 85 | 47 | 50 | 66 | 55 | 33 | 44 | 22 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pc | RECORD HIGH..FAP 89/MAP 84 (old 82) | |
| 17 | 69 | 44 | 53 | 57 | 55 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cooler but a very nice spring day. | |
| 18 | 53 | 30 | 30 | 42 | 56 | 33 | 45 | -3 | 0.29 | 0.4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Cdy | TS Am..Light rain/drizzle aftn/Sn PM..Day hi 48 | |
| 19 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 57 | 33 | 45 | -12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | Pc | Pc and much colder..Snow all melted. | |
| 20 | 47 | 23 | 36 | 35 | 57 | 34 | 46 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | Pc | Pc and not much temperature change | |
| 21 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 58 | 34 | 46 | -14 | 0.05 | Trace | 0 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt flurries throughout the aftn/evening | |
| 22 | 49 | 23 | 41 | 36 | 59 | 35 | 47 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Dense fog this morning..Cldy and cont cool. | |
| 23 | 74 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 59 | 36 | 48 | 8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Su | TS Warning with Winter Storm watch out. | |
| 24 | 46 | 34 | 34 | 40 | 60 | 36 | 48 | -8 | 0.12 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | Cdy | M Cdy..Rain early AM..Windy..Pk wnd 50 | |
| 25 | 43 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 60 | 37 | 49 | -16 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 32 | 0 | Pc | Cldy light flurries this morning..Pc aftn. | |
| 26 | 49 | 17 | 35 | 33 | 61 | 37 | 49 | -16 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | Cdy | RECORD LOW..Clear becoming cldy by noon. | |
| 27 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 61 | 37 | 49 | -11 | 0.36 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Cdy | Rain all day. | |
| 28 | 48 | 31 | 41 | 40 | 62 | 38 | 50 | -10 | 0.07 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | Cdy | Light rain late aftn & evening. | |
| 29 | 57 | 37 | 33 | 47 | 62 | 39 | 51 | -4 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | Pc | Sunny AM..Pc to Cdy aftn..Sprinkles in area. | |
| 30 | 55 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 39 | 51 | -7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Pc | Rain early AM..Clearing becoming Pc pm. | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 1518 | 892 | Su | April was below normal in temperature | ||||||||||||
| 4 | and above normal for precipitation. It just | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 50.6 | 29.7 | 40.2 | 43.5 | -3.3 | 25 | 0 | Pc | would not quite snowing. Last day of snow | |||||||
| High | 85 | 51 | Total | 1.51 | 6.3 | 738 | 1 | 15 | fall was on the 25th. Had two records set | |||||||
| Low | 26 | 10 | Norm | 1.37 | Cdy | in April, a record high on the 16th and then | ||||||||||
| Deprt | 0.14 | 11 | just 10 days later a record low. | |||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 110.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2.90 | 49.8 | 4725 | 695 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 3.89 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.99 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 74.6% | |||||||||||||||