Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-04
Season Fwd									26.75	0.5	0		1760	325
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	24	18	24	21	26	11	18	3	0.00	0.0	0		44	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..
2	31	11	22	21	26	10	18	3	Trace	Trace	0		44	0	Cdy	Snow early AM..PC aften..Cldy Pm.
3	46	20	45	33	25	10	18	15	Trace	0.0	0		32	0	Cdy	Cldy AM.Sprinkle at noon/6pm.
4	45	13	14	29	25	9	17	12	Trace	0.0	0		36	0	Pc	6AM temp 40-Dropping all day..Pc aftn.Cdy PM
5	27	13	27	20	25	9	17	3	0.00	0.0	0		45	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..Cooler..
6	32	26	32	29	24	8	16	13	0.17	1.5	1		36	0	Cdy	Snow most of the day but light. Icy roads
7	32	25	25	29	24	8	16	13	Trace	Trace	1		36	0	Cdy	Cldy,fog,drizzel & light flurries..Icy roads.
8	33	24	30	29	23	7	15	14	0.00	0.0	1		36	0	Cdy	Cldy with little change in temperature.
9	32	29	29	31	23	7	15	16	0.14	2.0	3		34	0	Cdy	Light snow most of the day..LCT
10	29	19	20	24	23	6	14	10	0.08	0.9	4		41	0	Cdy	Cloudy and LCT through the day.Day High 24
11	40	19	39	30	22	6	14	16	Trace	Trace	4		35	0	Cdy	Light Flurries mid morning.Rising temps.
12	39	9	9	24	22	6	14	10	0.05	0.6	2		41	0	Cdy	Light rain..Snow..Windy..Gust 44.Vis 1/4 mi
13	10	1	8	6	2	5	13	-7	Trace	Trace	2		59	0	Su	Sunny and cold..Light flurries 9pm.
14	33	6	26	20	21	5	13	7	0.00	0.0	2		45	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..
15	39	23	30	31	21	4	13	18	0.01	Trace	1		34	0	Pc	Pc to cldy with rain mixed with sleet 4:00pm.
16	30	10	10	20	20	4	12	8	Trace	Trace	1		45	0	Pc	Pc to Cldy. Light flurries.
17	41	9	29	25	20	4	12	13	Trace	Trace	Trace		40	0	Pc	Lgt graupel aftn .Few rain drops 10PM.
18	29	-10	-10	10	20	3	11	-1	0.00	0.0	Trace		55	0	Pc	Daytime high 9..Windy and very cold aftn/pm.
19	17	-13	17	2	20	3	11	-9	0.02	0.3	Trace		63	0	Cdy	Cldy light snow aftn. Ice pellets late pm. Windy
20	42	5	5	24	19	2	11	13	0.05	0.6	1		41	0	Pc	Pc..Windy and mild. Snow 8pm vis 3/4
21	5	-6	-7	0	19	2	10	-10	0.01	0.2	1		65	0	Cdy	Day High 1..Cldy,windy and very cold.
22	-4	-12	-8	-8	19	2	10	-18	0.00	0.0	1		73	0	Su	Sunny and cold.
23	-5	-14	-11	-9	18	1	10	-19	0.00	0.0	1		74	0	Su	Sunny and cont. cold.
24	9	-13	5	-2	18	1	10	-12	0.00	0.0	1		67	0	Su	Mostly sunny
25	11	1	1	6	18	1	9	-3	Trace	0.2	1		59	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Snow early AM again PM.
26	18	-3	18	8	18	0	9	-1	Trace	Trace	1		57	0	Pc	Pc..Very light flurries early Pm.
27	22	16	22	19	17	0	9	10	0.02	0.3	2		46	0	Cdy	Snow Am..Cldy aftn.
28	27	22	26	25	17	-1	8	17	0.00	0.0	1		40	0	Cdy	Fog AM..Cldy aftnoon.
29	28	18	23	23	17	-1	8	15	Trace	Trace	1		42	0	Cdy	Fog AM..Some very light flurries.
30	33	22	22	28	17	-1	8	20	0.40	0.3	1		37	0	Cdy	Rain/Freezing Rain/Snow/Icy Roads.Sn PM
31	22	1	1	12	16	-1	8	4	0.06	0.6	2		53	0	Pc	Snow AM..Flurries aftn. Day time High 10
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	December was another month with above
Avrg	26.4	9.3		17.9			12.5	5.4					47	0	5	normal temperatures and below normal
															Pc	precipitation. Had little cold snap between
High	46	29						Total	1.01	7.5			1455	0	9	the 21st and the 26th. Freezing rain on the
Low	-5	-14						Norm	0.57						Cdy	30 making roads and streets very icy.
								Deprt	0.44						17
Total	817	289						% Nrm	177.2%
Yearly Summary
								Total	27.76	8.0			3215	325
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	6.57
								%Nrm	131.0%