Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-03
Season Fwd									0.44	22.1	2		6745	0
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	23	-12	-12	6	28	13	20	-14	Trace	Trace	2		59	0	Cdy	Mostly cldy. Lgt snw..Blowing snow/dirt
2	6	-18	5	-6	28	13	20	-26	Trace	Trace	2		71	0	Pc	Pc and cold. Light winds. Lgt snow 10pm.
3	19	-3	-3	8	29	14	21	-13	0.08	1.9	4		57	0	Cdy	Snow Am..Lgt flurries off/on aftn.
4	9	-11	-5	-1	29	14	21	-22	Trace	Trace	4		66	0	Pc	Pc just plain cold.  Light flurries aftn.
5	18	-16	10	1	29	14	22	-21	0.00	0.0	4		64	0	Su	Sunny and little warmer..
6	26	0	0	13	30	14	22	-9	0.15	2.4	6		52	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Snow aftn & evening. Icy roads.
7	4	-10	3	-3	30	15	23	-26	0.02	0.4	7		68	0	Pc	Clear Cold AM..Cdy late aftn.Flurries PM
8	0	-10	-6	-5	31	15	23	-28	0.01	0.2	7		70	0	Su	Snow early Am..Sunny daytime hours.Cold.
9	6	-11	-5	-2	31	16	24	-26	0.00	0.0	6		67	0	Pc	Clear Cold AM.PC very windy and cold aftn.
10	17	-9	13	4	32	16	24	-20	Trace	0.1	6		61	0	Pc	Clear Am becoming Cldy aftn..Light flurries
11	25	10	12	18	32	16	24	-6	Trace	Trace	5		47	0	Pc	High thin clouds..Warmer.Few lgt flurries aftn
12	20	7	7	14	33	17	25	-11	0.17	2.5	8		51	0	Cdy	Snow off and on all day..Heavy 4pm-6pm
13	34	-4	31	15	33	17	25	-10	0.00	0.0	6		50	0	Cdy	Mostly cldy. Very Windy..Some icy roads.
14	58	29	38	44	34	18	26	18	0.00	0.0	T		21	0	Pc	Pc and very mild. Snow in fields all melted
15	58	35	37	47	34	18	26	21	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Su	Other very nice day spring day.
16	55	30	31	43	35	19	27	16	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Su	Just a little bit cooler.Dense fog 9pm
17	56	30	35	43	35	20	28	15	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Pc	High thin clouds. Nice spring day
18	41	33	39	37	36	20	28	9	0.02	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Light rain afternoon..
19	47	36	36	42	37	21	29	13	0.00	0.0	0		23	0	Cdy	Little warmer and cloudy all day.
20	40	33	34	37	37	21	29	8	0.02	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Lgt Rain AM..Rain/tiny hail aftn.
21	51	33	33	42	38	21	30	12	0.01	Trace	0		23	0	Pc	Rain/Snow AM..Pc aftn..Warmer
22	65	23	39	44	38	22	30	14	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Su	Fair and much warmer..Mowed my lawn tdy.
23	74	34	48	54	39	22	31	23	0.01	0.0	0		11	0	Pc	Pc and very mild..Lgt rain 9:15pm.
24	55	38	34	47	40	22	31	16	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Pc	Sunny AM..Becoming Cldy late aftn
25	47	29	33	38	40	23	32	6	Trace	0.0	0		27	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Light Sprinkles afternoon.
26	53	23	35	38	41	23	32	6	0.13	0.0	0		27	0	PC	Clear AM becoming cldy aftn.Lgt rain pm.
27	36	31	31	34	42	24	33	1	Trace	Trace	0		31	0	Cdy	Cldy..Cold. Very light fllurries 4:30pm
28	44	25	29	35	42	24	33	2	0.01	0.2	T		30	0	Pc	Pc little warmer..Snow shower late aftn/pm
29	40	20	20	30	43	25	34	-4	0.00	0.0	0		35	0	PC	Pc and cont. cool.  Little Breezy today
30	54	20	36	37	43	25	34	3	0.00	0.0	0		28	0	Pc	Pc and warmer..Light winds.
31	74	34	44	54	44	26	35	19	Trace	0.0	0		11	0	Pc	Pc..Lgt sprinkles noon..Mild
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	1155	449													Su	March was split up into two seasons. Very
															5	cold in the 1st half and then mild in the 2nd.
Avrg	37.3	14.5		25.9			27.2	-1.3					39	0	Pc	Coldest temperature was -18 on the 2nd.
High	74	38						Total	0.63	7.7			1207	0	18	Warmest was 74 on the 23rd & 31st. Average
Low	0	-18						Norm	1.17						Cdy	temperature ended up to be -1.3 degrees be-
								Deprt	-0.54						8	low normal. March had 53.8% of normal
								% Nrm	53.8%							precipitation making the year 42.5% of normal
Yearly Summery
								Total	1.07	29.8			7952	0
								Norm	2.52
								Deprt	-1.45
								%Nrm	42.5%