Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
April-09
Season Fwd									6.40	79.5	9		8308	0
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/Snow		Snow				HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	Core	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	35	29	29	32	45	26	36	-4	0.02	0.2	9	1.76	33	0	Pc	Snow early AM. Grauple 4:30pm R=36.73
2	38	24	24	31	46	27	36	-5	Trace	Trace	7		34	0	Su	Flurries am..Sunny daytime. River 35.93
3	38	12	31	25	47	27	37	-12	0.00	0.0	7		40	0	Pc	Dense fog this morning. Pc afternoon. R=35.19
4	36	28	28	32	47	28	37	-5	0.00	0.0	6		33	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Cont cool.  River= 34.43
5	34	25	25	30	48	28	38	-8	0.00	0.0	5	1.69	35	0	Pc	Fair to Pc.  Another cold day. River 33.66
6	37	24	28	31	49	28	39	-8	0.00	0.0	5		34	0	Su	Sunny, windy and cold. River 32.90
7	39	21	29	30	49	29	39	-9	0.00	0.0	3		35	0	Su	Little warmer..Light winds. River 32.20
8	44	28	31	36	50	29	40	-4	0.00	0.0	1		29	0	Pc	Pc little warmer..River 31.74
9	44	25	32	35	51	29	40	-5	0.00	0.0	Tr		30	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Nice day.  River. 31.59 rising
10	47	24	38	36	51	30	41	-5	0.00	0.0	Tr		29	0	Su	Fair and warmer..Light winds River 31.89
11	54	31	44	43	52	30	41	2	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Su	Fair and little warmer..Windy. River 32.04
12	56	39	46	48	53	31	42	6	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Cdy	Pc becoming cldy aftn. Windy.  River 32.17
13	58	40	48	49	53	31	42	7	Trace	0.0	0		16	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy.Sprinkle this morning. R 32.64
14	64	40	47	52	54	32	43	9	Trace	0.0	0		13	0	Pc	Sprinkle this morning. Clearing aftn. Mild
15	67	38	52	53	54	32	43	10	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Very mild but windy.
16	65	50	54	58	55	33	44	14	Trace	0.0	0		7	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Lgt rain 1am..River 33.96
17	59	46	47	53	55	33	44	9	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Cdy	Cloudy and cooler..Not as windy.
18	47	34	36	41	56	33	45	-4	0.00	0.0	0		24	0	Cdy	Breezy and cold. Daytime high 41.
19	54	33	44	44	57	33	45	-1	0.01	0.0	0		21	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy. Cool this AM. Lgt Rain PM
20	49	35	41	42	57	34	46	-4	0.01	Trace	0		23	0	Cdy	Drizzle this morning.Sleet around noon.
21	61	35	46	48	58	34	46	2	0.02	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Light rain afternoon. R=31.36
22	58	31	48	45	59	35	47	-2	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Pc	Sunny Am..Cldy aftn..No rain in N Mhd.
23	82	44	47	63	59	36	48	15	0.00	0.0	0		2	0	Pc	Pc and very mild..20 degree 1 hr temp drop
24	47	33	33	40	60	36	48	-8	0.15	Trace	0		25	0	Cldy	Lgt rain 1am..Rain again aftn mixed with snow
25	55	30	41	43	60	37	49	-6	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Pc	Pc..Light winds..Nice day. River =29.87
26	46	34	34	40	61	37	49	-9	0.19	Trace	0		25	0	Cdy	Light rain afternoon. Drizzle snow mixed 10pm
27	52	34	38	43	61	37	49	-6	0.02	0.0	0		22	0	Pc	Light rain early AM..Pc aftn..Clearing pm.
28	61	29	51	45	62	38	50	-5	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Pc	Clear and cold.AM..Pc aftn and warmer.
29	51	45	49	48	62	39	51	-3	0.39	0.0	0		17	0	Cdy	Cloudy light rain most of the day.
30	51	42	44	47	63	39	51	-4	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Cont cold.  River =27.38
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	April was a cold and dry month. We only
High	82	50					43.5	-1.6				Avrg	23	0	5	had .2 of snow bringing the yearly total to
Low	34	12													Pc	79.7 Normal snow fall for the year is 46.7.
								Total	0.81	0.2			687	0	13	Most rain in 24 hours was .39 on the 29th.
Avrg	51.0	32.8		41.9				Norm	1.37						Cdy	Temperature was 1.6 degrees below the norm.
								Deprt	-0.56						11	River levels dropped all month from 36.73 on
Total	1529	983						% Nrm	59.1%							the 1st to 24.38 on the 30th. Flood 18 feet.
Yearly Summary
								Total	7.21	79.7			8995	0
								Norm	3.89
								Deprt	3.32
								%Nrm	185.3%