Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-04
Season Fwd									1.46	42.7	5	1.65	6602	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	34	29	29	32	28	13	20	12	0.26	0.2	5	1.65	33	0	Cdy	Rain this AM..Light snow early PM.
2	34	25	30	30	28	13	20	10	Trace	Trace	5		35	0	Cdy	Lgt snow early AM..No snow aftn.
3	31	8	8	20	29	14	21	-1	0.17	1.9	7		45	0	Cdy	Snow through mid afternoon.
4	28	4	28	16	29	14	21	-5	Trace	Trace	7		49	0	Cdy	Very light snow up to noon.
5	28	22	22	25	29	14	22	3	0.15	2.0	9		40	0	Cdy	Snow through mid afternoon.
6	34	15	30	25	30	14	22	3	0.11	1.2	10		40	0	Cdy	Moderate snow 4pm-6pm..Very Heavy snow.
7	31	17	17	24	30	15	23	1	0.01	0.2	7	1.80	41	0	Cdy	Lgt Snow again this morn.Adjust snow depth.
8	41	17	32	29	31	15	23	6	0.00	0.0	5		36	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Windy though.
9	48	23	37	36	31	16	24	12	0.00	0.0	3		29	0	Su	Sunny..Very nice day.
10	38	6	6	22	32	16	24	-2	0.10	0.5	3		43	0	Cdy	Rain/snow mix mid morning..Snow pm.Windy
11	12	-2	10	5	32	16	24	-19	0.01	0.2	3		60	0	Su	Lgt snow AM..Sunny and cold this afternoon
12	35	7	34	21	33	17	25	-4	0.00	0.0	3		44	0	Pc	Pc becoming light overcast 5pm..
13	44	24	24	34	33	17	25	9	0.02	0.3	1		31	0	Cdy	Light sprinkle this afternoon./Snow PM
14	31	24	24	28	34	18	26	2	0.01	0.1	1	0.41	37	0	Cdy	Light snow AM.Very windy but dim by evening
15	35	15	28	25	34	18	26	-1	0.00	0.0	1		40	0	Su	Sunny and little warmer..Light winds.
16	33	26	26	30	35	19	27	3	0.23	2.4	3		35	0	Cdy	Snow with ice pellets mixed this aftn.
17	37	20	32	29	35	20	28	1	0.28	1.5	3		36	0	Pc	Sunny AM..Cldy late after.Lgt rain/snow 8pm
18	38	26	34	32	36	20	28	4	0.01	0.1	2		33	0	Pc	Snow early AM. Pc afternoon
19	57	34	41	46	37	21	29	17	0.00	0.0	T		19	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Much warmer..Windy gust 44
20	41	13	13	27	37	21	29	-2	Trace	Trace	T		38	0	Cdy	Graupel AM..Flurries aftn..Windy 47..Day H 27
21	24	10	16	17	38	21	30	-13	Trace	Trace	T		48	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Very light flurries Am/Noon
22	48	16	30	32	38	22	30	2	0.00	0.0	0		33	0	Su	Fair to Pc..Mild day with light winds.
23	46	23	39	35	39	22	31	4	0.00	0.0	0		30	0	Su	Fair and cont. mild.
24	57	34	37	46	40	22	31	15	0.00	0.0	0		19	0	Pc	Pc and mild..Rain north of town..
25	60	37	41	49	40	23	32	17	0.00	0.0	0		16	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Fog in the AM.
26	49	27	46	38	41	23	32	6	0.00	0.0	0		27	0	Pc	Pc and much cooler..
27	58	44	45	51	42	24	33	18	0.21	0.0	0		14	0	Cdy	Cldy mild with light rain aftn cont. till evening.
28	51	36	36	44	42	24	33	11	0.01	0.0	0		21	0	Cdy	Cldy light sprinkle 5am.
29	36	30	30	33	43	25	34	-1	0.02	Trace	0		32	0	Cdy	Graupel AM.. Cldy no snow aftn.
30	43	24	26	34	43	25	34	0	0.00	0.0	0		31	0	Su	Sunny with light winds.
31	53	22	36	38	44	26	35	3	0.00	0.0	0		27	0	Su	Sunny and mild..Nice spring day.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	March did come in like a lion and out like a
Avrg	39.8	21.2		30.5			27.2	3.3					34	0	8	lamb. First 21 days we only had 5 days that it
															Pc	did not snow. Ended up with 10.6 " of snow
High	60	44						Total	1.60	10.6			1062	0	8	with the greatest 2.4 on the 16th. Temperature
Low	12	-2						Norm	1.17						Cdy	was 3.3 above normal. Had some heavy rain
								Deprt	0.43						15	in NE ND on the 27th causing major flooding.
Total	1235	656						% Nrm	136.8%							No flooding here in Moorhead/Fargo.
Yearly Summary
								Total	3.06	53.3			7664	0
								Norm	2.52
								Deprt	0.54
								%Nrm	121.4%