Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
February-06
Season Fwd									0.37	28.4	7		4392	0
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/Snow		Core				HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	Smpl	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	30	23	26	27	19	0	10	17	0.00	0.0	7		38	0	Pc	Light winds but increasing pm
2	35	7	7	21	19	0	10	11	0.05	0.8	7		44	0	Pc	Pc..Turning Cldy with snow/bl snow pm vis 1/4.
3	10	-2	1	4	19	1	10	-6	Trace	Trace	7		61	0	Su	Snow 1am..Sunny and cold mid morning on
4	9	-5	-1	2	19	1	10	-8	0.00	0.0	7		63	0	Su	Sunny..Windy and Cold.
5	14	-8	-2	3	20	1	11	-8	0.00	0.0	7		62	0	Pc	Mostly sunny..Hi cloudys late aftn.
6	20	-2	18	9	20	3	11	-2	Trace	Trace	7		56	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..Lgt flurries pm.
7	21	0	0	11	20	3	11	0	0.08	2.4	9		54	0	Cldy	Cloudy AM with snow..Clearing aftn.
8	12	-13	0	0	20	3	11	-11	0.00	0.0	9		65	0	Pc	Cold AM becoming cloudy late aftn.
9	33	-1	21	16	21	3	12	4	0.04	0.4	8		49	0	Cdy	Blowing snow AM..Mild aftn winds incr 5:30pm
10	21	15	19	18	21	4	12	6	0.11	1.4	9		47	0	Cdy	Snow Blowing Snow..less than 1/4 vis at times
11	20	11	12	16	22	4	13	3	Trace	Trace	9		49	0	Cdy	Lgt snow 1am..Flurries aftn.
12	18	9	9	14	22	4	13	1	Trace	Trace	9		51	0	Pc	Lgt flurries AM..Clearing mid morning.
13	27	9	17	18	22	4	13	5	0.00	0.0	9	2.6	47	0	Pc	Clear AM..Pc aftn..Cldy PM
14	34	-3	-3	16	23	5	14	2	0.00	0.0	9		49	0	Pc	Pc..Clearing aftn dropping temps.
15	12	-5	-4	4	23	5	14	-10	0.00	0.0	9		61	0	Su	Sunny and much colder..Light winds
16	9	-13	-13	-2	23	5	14	-16	Trace	Trace	9		67	0	Pc	Fair..and cold. Lgt snow 7pm Vis < 1/2 mile
17	-9	-22	-14	-15	24	6	15	-30	0.00	0.0	9		80	0	Su	Bitterly Cold..Wind Chills -40+ most of day
18	14	-14	9	0	24	6	15	-15	0.00	0.0	9		65	0	Su	Sunny..Lighter winds and warmer.
19	21	3	6	12	24	7	16	-4	0.00	0.0	9		53	0	Su	Mostly sunny becoming cldy early evening
20	25	4	6	15	25	7	16	-1	0.01	0.2	9	2.6	50	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Light snow aftn.
21	28	-3	17	13	25	8	17	-4	0.05	0.6	10		52	0	Pc	Snow midmorning and aftn.
22	30	4	8	17	25	9	17	0	0.01	0.2	10		48	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy light snow around noon.
23	18	1	5	10	25	9	17	-7	0.00	0.0	10		55	0	Su	Fair..Colder..Lgt winds.
24	20	5	6	13	26	10	18	-5	0.11	2.1	12		52	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy clearing late aftn Snow
25	6	-10	0	-2	26	10	18	-20	0.00	0.0	12		67	0	Su	Clear..Cold ..Light winds. PC pm..
26	16	0	10	8	26	10	18	-10	Trace	Trace	12	3.0	57	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Light flurries mid morning
27	27	10	19	19	27	11	19	0	0.00	0.0	12		46	0	Cdy	Thin high clouds..
28	33	18	30	26	27	11	19	7	0.00	0.0	11		39	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Little warmer.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	Feb was more like winter than Jan was..Cold
Avrg	19.8	0.6		10.2			14.1	-3.9					55	0	8	temperatures with more snow.  We
															Pc	had 8.1 inches of snow with the greatest
High	35	23						Total	0.46	8.1			1527	0	11	depth of 12". Temps were below normal with
Low	-9	-22						Norm	0.59						Cdy	the coldest of -22 and the warmest only of
								Deprt	-0.13						8	35
Total	554	18						% Nrm	78.0%
Yearly Summary
								Total	0.83	36.5			5919	0
								Norm	1.35
								Deprt	-0.52
								%Nrm	61.5%