Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-05
Season Fwd									1.76	27.1	5		1307	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	19	-2	5	9	28	13	20	-11	0.00	0.0	5		56	0	Pc	Sunny Am..Becoming PC aftn.
2	28	-1	12	14	28	13	20	-6	0.00	0.0	5		51	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Light winds.
3	35	9	26	22	29	14	21	1	0.00	0.0	5		43	0	Su	Sunny..Started new job today.
4	38	26	33	32	29	14	21	11	0.00	0.0	2		33	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Windy.
5	50	29	40	40	29	14	22	18	0.00	0.0	1		25	0	Su	Sunny and mild.Down to 1 inch of snow.
6	56	24	24	40	30	14	22	18	Trace	Trace	Trace		25	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Very mild..Dropping temps late aftn
7	24	8	8	16	30	15	23	-7	Trace	Trace	Trace		49	0	Pc	Cldy AM..Lgt flurries..Clearng aftn. Day Hi 20
8	19	4	13	12	31	15	23	-11	0.00	0.0	Trace		53	0	Pc	Sunny Am ..Pc aftn.
9	36	12	35	24	31	16	24	0	0.00	0.0	Trace		41	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Warmer..
10	39	25	25	32	32	16	24	8	0.02	0.1	Trace		33	0	Cdy	Rain/Snow mixed AM..Lgt snow aftn.Windy
11	35	3	3	19	32	16	24	-5	0.02	0.2	Trace		46	0	Cdy	Snow late AM thru mid aftn..Windy/Drop temps
12	22	3	16	13	33	17	25	-12	Trace	Trace	Trace		52	0	Pc	Lgt snow AM..Pc aftn.
13	25	9	15	17	33	17	25	-8	Trace	Trace	Trace		48	0	Pc	Becoming cldy aftn with light snow showers
14	21	12	14	17	34	18	26	-9	0.05	0.8	Trace		48	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries AM..Snow 5pm thru 10pm
15	32	6	17	19	34	18	26	-7	0.03	0.4	Trace		46	0	Cdy	Snow aftn ending 6:30pm..Icy roads this pm.
16	25	13	16	19	35	19	27	-8	Trace	Trace	Trace		46	0	Cdy	Cldy..Very light flurries this morning
17	35	8	24	22	35	20	28	-6	0.00	0.0	Trace		43	0	Pc	Fair and warmer..No snow for one day.
18	35	17	23	26	36	20	28	-2	0.00	0.0	0		39	0	Su	Sunny ..Snow storm in southern Mn.
19	35	16	24	26	37	21	29	-3	0.00	0.0	0		39	0	Su	Fair and LCT.
20	40	17	31	29	37	21	29	0	0.00	0.0	0		36	0	Pc	Fair to Pc with high clouds.
21	42	27	31	35	38	21	30	5	0.00	0.0	0		30	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Little warmer
22	44	30	36	37	38	22	30	7	0.00	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy LCT
23	46	33	37	40	39	22	31	9	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Cldy..Light winds not a bad day.
24	37	20	20	29	40	22	31	-2	Trace	Trace	0		36	0	Pc	Cldy very light flurries mid morning.Day Hi 34
25	39	18	26	29	40	23	32	-3	0.00	0.0	0		36	0	Su	Sunny and LCT
26	51	24	28	38	41	23	32	6	0.00	0.0	0		27	0	Su	Sunny..Light winds and mild..
27	57	28	35	43	42	24	33	10	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Pc	Pc and windy..Nice afternoon
28	64	33	45	49	42	24	33	16	0.00	0.0	0		16	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy with some breaks.Very nice day
29	68	38	38	53	43	25	34	19	0.05	0.0	0		12	0	Pc	Pc..Rain around noon
30	43	31	35	37	43	25	34	3	0.00	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Cldy and cool..Windy
31	56	31	35	44	44	26	35	9	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Pc	Showers in the area none here in Mhd
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	March was not a bad month. Temperature
Avrg	38.6	17.8		28.2			27.2	1.0					37	0	7	wise it was 1 degree above the normal.
															Pc	Precipitation was only .17 which was 1.00
High	68	38						Total	0.17	1.5			1133	0	14	below the norm.  Total snow fall was 1.5"
Low	19	-2						Norm	1.17						Cdy	with the greatest .8 on the 14th.  Greatest
								Deprt	-1.00						10	snow depth was 5 inches on the 1st-3rd.
Total	1196	551						% Nrm	14.5%							then dropping to trace by the 6th.
Yearly Summary
								Total	1.93	28.6			2440	0
								Norm	2.52
								Deprt	-0.59
								%Nrm	76.6%