Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
April-03
Season Fwd									1.07	29.8	0		7952	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	46	33	35	40	45	26	36	4	0.10	0.0	0		25	0	Pc	Rain AM..Daytime High 42
2	37	31	31	34	46	27	36	-2	0.01	0.0	0		31	0	Cdy	Rain early AM..Windy and cold aftn.
3	31	24	24	28	47	27	37	-9	0.01	Trace	0		37	0	Cdy	Light snow grains,freezing drizzle.
4	31	22	24	27	47	28	37	-10	Trace	Trace	0		38	0	Cdy	Very light flurries AM. Cldy all day. Cold.
5	37	19	25	28	48	28	38	-10	Trace	Trace	0		37	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries early AM..Mostly cldy aftn.
6	48	22	27	35	49	28	39	-4	0.00	0.0	0		30	0	Pc	High thin clouds..Warmer
7	48	23	26	36	49	29	39	-3	0.00	0.0	0		29	0	Pc	Pc. Another day like yesterday.
8	60	22	39	41	50	29	40	1	0.00	0.0	0		24	0	Pc	Pc and warmer..Very nice day.
9	74	29	46	52	51	29	40	12	0.00	0.0	0		13	0	Su	Sunny and mild.
10	66	35	44	51	51	30	41	10	0.00	0.0	0		14	0	Su	Sunny and cooler..Breezy with NW Winds
11	67	30	36	49	52	30	41	8	0.00	0.0	0		16	0	Su	Sunny and cont. mild.
12	71	30	56	51	53	31	42	9	0.00	0.0	0		14	0	Su	Sunny most of the day..Pc early evening.
13	88	53	68	71	53	31	42	29	0.00	0.0	0		0	6	Su	Hazy, Windy..RECORD HIGH/Fgo ASOS 89
14	72	42	47	57	54	32	43	14	0.00	0.0	0		8	0	Su	Sunny but much cooler..Still above normal
15	67	37	49	52	54	32	43	9	0.01	0.0	0		13	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Little cooler. Rain 10pm.
16	49	28	28	39	55	33	44	-5	0.69	1.1	1		26	0	Cdy	Rain Aftn..Snow 4pm on. Day high 40
17	44	23	34	34	55	33	44	-10	0.27	2.5	0		31	0	Cdy	Snow early Am. 3" on gr 6am..Melted aftn.
18	48	32	38	40	56	33	45	-5	0.39	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Cldy and cont. cool. Rain Pm..
19	43	36	38	40	57	33	45	-5	0.30	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Rain AM..Just Cldy and cool aftn.
20	55	38	43	47	57	34	46	1	0.05	0.0	0		18	0	Cdy	Cldy AM. Light rain aftnoon..Clearing 7pm.
21	62	35	42	49	58	34	46	3	0.00	0.0	0		16	0	Su	Sunny and warmer.
22	64	30	47	47	59	35	47	0	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Very nice spring day.
23	73	43	52	58	59	36	48	10	0.00	0.0	0		7	0	Su	Sunny most of the day..Pc late afternoon
24	71	42	47	57	60	36	48	9	0.00	0.0	0		8	0	Su	Fair and cont. mild.
25	70	43	48	57	60	37	49	8	Trace	0.0	0		8	0	Pc	Sprinkle of rain AM/Pc light winds..Cont mild.
26	77	44	62	61	61	37	49	12	Trace	0.0	0		4	0	Pc	Pc becoming Cldy late aftn.Just a sprinkle aftn
27	67	36	36	52	61	37	49	3	0.02	0.0	0		13	0	Pc	Th Shower 1:30am..Windy gust here 38MPH
28	58	31	40	45	62	38	50	-5	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Pc	Clear AM..Pc aftn.Cooler
29	59	35	38	47	62	39	51	-4	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Cool with light winds.
30	67	32	44	50	63	39	51	-1	0.00	0.0	0		15	0	Pc	Pc and warmer..Nice day.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	1750	980													Su	April was a very mild and warm month
															10	except for the little set back on the 16th-17th
Avrg	58.3	32.7		45.5			43.5	2.0					19	0	Pc	when we received 3.6 inches of snow.
High	88	53						Total	1.85	3.6			581	6	11	Warmest was the 13th with 88 and the coldest
Low	31	19						Norm	1.37						Cdy	was 19 on the 5th. Ended up with .48 of an
								Deprt	0.48						9	inch above normal for precipitation. For the
								% Nrm	135.0%							year still behind .97.
Yearly Summery
								Total	2.92	33.4			8533	6
								Norm	3.89
								Deprt	-0.97
								%Nrm	75.1%