Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-05
Season Fwd									30.79	9.9	6		1649	586
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	15	9	10	12	26	11	18	-6	Trace	Trace	6		53	0	Pc	Very light flurries aftn..
2	11	-4	10	4	26	10	18	-14	Trace	Trace	6		61	0	Pc	Daytime high 9/Clear Am turning cldy noon
3	13	2	4	8	25	10	18	-10	0.03	0.4	6		57	0	Cdy	Mostly cldy..Light snow am/aftn.
4	5	1	2	3	25	9	17	-14	0.01	0.2	5		62	0	Cdy	Occ Light snow off and on.
5	1	-8	-3	-3	25	9	17	-20	0.00	0.0	5		68	0	Su	Sunny and cold.
6	12	-3	10	5	24	8	16	-11	0.05	0.8	6		60	0	Cdy	Light snow aftn/early evening.
7	16	7	13	12	24	8	16	-4	Trace	0.2	6		53	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..Few flurries in area this aftn.
8	13	1	2	7	23	7	15	-8	0.00	0.0	6		58	0	Su	Sunny and cold..Some ice crystals pm.
9	31	-1	31	15	23	7	15	0	Trace	Trace	6		50	0	Pc	Pc..Warmer..Snow pelletts/freezing rain 11pm
10	36	18	18	27	23	6	14	13	0.02	Trace	4		38	0	Cdy	Freezing rain..rain..flurries..Windy
11	29	15	25	22	22	6	14	8	0.08	1.0	5		43	0	Cdy	Light snow off and on all day.
12	33	24	25	29	22	6	14	15	Trace	Trace	5		36	0	Cdy	Cldy all day..Steady temperatures.
13	35	21	34	28	21	5	13	15	Trace	Trace	4		37	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Windy..Lgt snow/rain mixed 11pm
14	34	20	20	27	21	5	13	14	0.22	1.3	5		38	0	Cdy	Rain/snow mixed AM.. Lgt snow aftn.
15	20	12	12	16	21	4	13	3	0.16	2.4	7		49	0	Cdy	Light snow most of the day..Windy
16	14	9	9	12	20	4	12	0	0.13	2.3	8		53	0	Cdy	Light snon most of the day. Not as windy
17	11	-2	-2	5	20	4	12	-7	0.01	0.1	8		60	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..Lgt flurries off and on all day
18	0	-9	-9	-4	20	3	11	-15	Trace	Trace	8		69	0	Pc	Pc and cold..Lgt flurries aftn. Clearing PM
19	19	-9	11	5	20	3	11	-6	0.00	0.0	8		60	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Light winds.
20	20	8	7	14	19	2	11	3	Trace	Trace	8		51	0	Cdy	Very light flurries all day.
21	20	-1	20	10	19	2	10	0	0.00	0.0	8		55	0	Pc	Sunny AM..Pc aftn..Mostly cldy PM.
22	40	20	34	30	19	2	10	20	Trace	0.0	7		35	0	Pc	Sunny AM..Cldy aftn.Lgt rain 7pm
23	37	28	31	33	18	1	10	23	0.00	0.0	7		32	0	Cdy	Cldy..Mild.Light winds.
24	35	27	31	31	18	1	10	21	Trace	0.1	5		34	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Cont Mild..Light winds..Lgt snow 9pm
25	31	28	28	30	18	1	9	21	0.00	0.0	5		35	0	Cdy	Cloudy..
26	32	28	30	30	18	0	9	21	Trace	Trace	5		35	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Very Lgt flurries 5am.
27	30	27	29	29	17	0	9	20	Trace	0.0	5		36	0	Cldy	Dense fog AM. Freezing rain late aftn.
28	31	28	28	30	17	-1	8	22	0.00	0.0	5		35	0	Cdy	Cldy..Some dense fog in area today.
29	29	26	29	28	17	-1	8	20	0.27	2.3	7		37	0	Cdy	Fog AM..Snow 3:40pm on.
30	29	26	26	28	17	-1	8	20	0.34	2.8	10		37	0	Cdy	Snow off and on during the day.
31	28	15	15	22	16	-1	8	14	0.00	0.0	10		43	0	Cdy	Cldy..Light fog.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	December started out well below normal
Avrg	22.9	11.7		17.3			12.5	4.8					47	0	3	and ended up much above normal.  All in all
															Pc	we were 4.8 above normal.  We had two
High	40	28						Total	1.32	13.9			1470	0	6	snow events. One 14th through the 17th with
Low	0	-9						Norm	0.57						Cdy	6.1 inches and then on 29th-30th 5.1 inches
								Deprt	0.75						21	Total snow fall for the month was 13.9 for the
Total	710	363						% Nrm	231.6%							season total so far of 23.8"
Yearly Summary
								Total	32.11	23.8			3119	586
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	10.92
								%Nrm	151.5%