| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| January-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 0.00 | 3.9 | 2 | 0.00 | 2788 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1981-2010 | Hail/Snow | HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec | ||||||||||||||
| Date | Max | Min | Obs | Avrg | N Hi | N Lw | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Fell | Depth 7am | SWE | HDD | CDD | Sky | Description Of Weather |
| 1 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 11 | Trace | Trace | 2 | 44 | 0 | Pc | Windy occ light snow flurries | |
| 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cold. Daytime high was 14 | |
| 3 | 37 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Windy this morning. Much warmer.. | |
| 4 | 41 | 20 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | Pc | Frosty this morning. Light winds..Sn depth 1 | |
| 5 | 55 | 23 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | Pc | Warmest Jan temp on record. Sn Depth 0 | |
| 6 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 27 | Trace | Trace | 0 | 29 | 0 | Pc | KFAR max 44 (R)..Lg rain & snow PM | |
| 7 | 39 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cont. mild..Light winds. | |
| 8 | 40 | 15 | 36 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy and LCT | |
| 9 | 50 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | Su | Sunny and another Record High KFAR 51. | |
| 10 | 52 | 26 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 30 | Trace | 0.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Pc | Record high today..Light rain obs time. | |
| 11 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0.09 | 0.5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | Cdy | Rain early AM then to snow.Falling temps | |
| 12 | 5 | -2 | -2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | -7 | Trace | 0.2 | 1 | 63 | 0 | Pc | Lgt snow blowing snow AM..Clearing aftn. | |
| 13 | 13 | -6 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 9 | -5 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 1 | 61 | 0 | Pc | Sunny becoming cloudy late aftn. Snow 9:30p | |
| 14 | 33 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 1 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Snow ending mid morning..Pc aftn . Warmer | |
| 15 | 35 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | Pc | Cont. mild, nice afternoon. | |
| 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 4 | Trace | Trace | 1 | 52 | 0 | Cdy | Daytime high 11..Lgt flurreis 9:30 | |
| 17 | 3 | -8 | -4 | -2 | 18 | -1 | 9 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | T | 67 | 0 | Su | Sunny and coldest day of the year so far. | |
| 18 | 9 | -12 | -12 | -1 | 18 | -1 | 9 | -10 | 0.02 | 0.4 | T | 66 | 0 | Pc | Light snow 11am to 2pm. | |
| 19 | 3 | -16 | -4 | -6 | 18 | -1 | 9 | -15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 71 | 0 | Su | Clear and cold all day..Light winds. | |
| 20 | 12 | -4 | -3 | 4 | 18 | -1 | 9 | -5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 61 | 0 | Su | Sunny little warmer. Light winds. Depth 0.7 | |
| 21 | 19 | -4 | 19 | 8 | 18 | -1 | 9 | -1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy with few flurries 1-4pm | |
| 22 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 18 | -1 | 9 | 14 | 0.44 | 5.2 | 1 | 42 | 0 | Cdy | Snow ending 9:30pm Sn Depth 5.5 at 11pm | |
| 23 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 11 | Trace | Trace | 6 | 45 | 0 | Cdy | Frz Drizzle/Flurries AM | |
| 24 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6 | 53 | 0 | Cdy | Light winds..Sn depth 5pm 4.5 inches. | |
| 25 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 15 | Trace | Trace | 5 | 41 | 0 | Cdy | Fog, Mist, Graupel, Ice pellets. Snow depth 4.0 | |
| 26 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | Pc | Mild.Little on windy side..Sunny afternoon | |
| 27 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0.04 | 0.6 | 4 | 40 | 0 | Pc | Snow, Graupel AM Windy aftn reducing vis. | |
| 28 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 4 | 46 | 0 | Pc | Snow 4:30pm-11:59..Sn Depth 4.2 | |
| 29 | 20 | -3 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.57 | 56 | 0 | Pc | Cold AM..Light snow |
| 30 | 36 | 20 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 18 | Trace | 0.0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | Pc | Sprinkle of rain aftn..Sn Depth 4.0 | |
| 31 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | Cdy | Steady temps all day..Daytime Hi 31. | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Total | 880 | 328 | Su | It was another mild winter month. Our average | ||||||||||||
| 6 | temperature was 10.4 above the norm. I had | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 28.4 | 10.6 | 19.5 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 45 | 0 | Pc | 3 days with 50 or greater. Coldest was -16 on | |||||||
| High | 55 | 29 | Total | 0.69 | 8.0 | 1402 | 0 | 16 | the 19th. We had below normal snowfall with | |||||||
| Low | 3 | -16 | Norm | 0.70 | 11.2 | Cdy | the greatest depth of 6 inches on 23,24. | |||||||||
| Deprt | -0.01 | -3.2 | 9 | Just an added note this was the 4th warmest | ||||||||||||
| % Nrm | 98.6% | 0.7 | Jan on record (Fargo - ASOS) | |||||||||||||
| Yearly Summery (Snowfall July to June) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0.69 | 11.9 | 4190 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 0.70 | 31.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.01 | -19.1 | ||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 98.6% | 38.4% | ||||||||||||||