Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-03
Season Fwd									20.39	5.4	Trace		1902	656
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	14	14	23	26	11	18	5	0.00	0.0	Trace		42	0	Su	Sunny and mild.
2	33	12	29	23	26	10	18	5	0.00	0.0	Trace		42	0	Cdy	Cloudy..LCT
3	34	26	31	30	25	10	18	12	0.00	0.0	Trace		35	0	Cdy	Cloudy and LCT
4	33	25	25	29	25	9	17	12	0.22	2.2	2		36	0	Cdy	Snow from around noon ending 10pm.
5	25	16	18	21	25	9	17	4	0.00	0.0	2		44	0	Cdy	Cldy and cold. Daytime High 21
6	28	18	27	23	24	8	16	7	0.00	0.0	2		42	0	Cdy	Windy with drifting snow. Peak gust here 36
7	34	26	31	30	24	8	16	14	0.00	0.0	2		35	0	Pc	Pc and warmer.  Still windy.
8	32	13	13	23	23	7	15	8	0.03	0.4	2		42	0	Cdy	Light snow this AM..Clearing PM..Cold PM
9	13	5	5	9	23	7	15	-6	0.00	0.0	2		56	0	Pc	Clear Am..Pc aftn..Cold.
10	12	-6	-6	3	23	6	14	-11	Trace	Trace	2		62	0	Pc	Light flurries this AM..Clearing by 4pm.
11	2	-12	2	-5	22	6	14	-19	Trace	Trace	2		70	0	Pc	Dusting of snow 5:30pm..Cold
12	19	0	19	10	22	6	14	-4	Trace	Trace	2		55	0	Cdy	Another day of dusting of snow..
13	22	18	18	20	2	5	13	7	Trace	Trace	2		45	0	Cdy	Light snow grains 4pm
14	29	11	26	20	21	5	13	7	0.00	0.0	2		45	0	Cdy	Cldy and hazy.
15	27	16	16	22	21	4	13	9	0.59	6.5	8		43	0	Cdy	Snow heavy at times.
16	16	4	5	10	20	4	12	-2	Trace	Trace	7		55	0	Pc	Very light flurries AM..Clearng late aftn.
17	21	3	22	12	20	4	12	0	0.07	0.9	8		53	0	Cdy	Light snow late aftn and evening.
18	29	18	18	24	20	3	11	13	0.00	0.0	8		41	0	Cdy	Cldy little warmer.
19	22	10	21	16	20	3	11	5	0.00	0.0	8		49	0	Pc	Pc..Light southerly winds.
20	32	20	22	26	19	2	11	15	0.00	0.0	8		39	0	Su	Sunny and little warmer.
21	40	17	36	29	19	2	10	19	0.00	0.0	6		36	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Very mild..
22	36	23	23	30	19	2	10	20	Trace	Trace	6		35	0	Pc	Sunny AM .Cldy late aftn..Lgt sleet/snow.
23	23	11	15	17	18	1	10	7	0.00	0.0	6		48	0	Cdy	Cldy with dense fog this afternoon and evening.
24	29	10	24	20	18	1	10	10	0.00	0.0	6		45	0	Su	Sunny very nice day..
25	35	22	29	29	18	1	9	20	0.00	0.0	6		36	0	Su	Nice Christmas Day.
26	36	28	35	32	18	0	9	23	0.00	0.0	6		33	0	Pc	Fair to Pc. Mild.
27	39	35	36	37	17	0	9	28	0.08	0.0	3		28	0	Cdy	Rain AM and aftn.
28	36	21	21	29	17	-1	8	21	0.05	0.5	3		36	0	Cdy	Snow AM..Lgt flurries aftn..Day high 30.
29	21	11	11	16	17	-1	8	8	0.02	0.3	3		49	0	Cdy	Light snow AM..Daytime high 17
30	16	3	7	10	17	-1	8	2	0.11	3.4	6		55	0	Pc	Cold this morning.Snow 4:30pm
31	20	-4	20	8	16	-1	8	0	0.01	0.2	6		57	0	Pc	Snow around mid..Fair skies aftn.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	December was a warm with above normal
Avrg	26.6	13.4		20.0			12.5	7.5					45	0	4	precipitation.  A new record high minimum was
															Pc	set on the 27th of 35.
High	40	35						Total	1.18	14.4			1389	0	11	Snowfall for the month ties the 10th snowiest
Low	2	-12						Norm	0.57						Cdy	December on record with 14.4 inches.
								Deprt	0.61						16
Total	826	414						% Nrm	207.0%
Yearly Summery
								Total	21.57	19.8			3291	656
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	0.38
								%Nrm	101.8%