| Data for Moorhead, MN 56560 Clay County | ||||||||||||||||
| Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith, Observer | ||||||||||||||||
| March-06 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season Fwd | 0.83 | 36.5 | 11 | 3.0 | 5919 | 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 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0.06 | 0.5 | 9 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Cloudy..Graupel 5pm. Snow 8pm on. | |
| 2 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0.11 | 1.1 | 10 | 43 | 0 | Cdy | Snow early AM..Pc to cldy aftn. Cooler | |
| 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 21 | -3 | Trace | Trace | 10 | 47 | 0 | Cdy | Frz Mist AM..and Ice pellets. | |
| 4 | 37 | 13 | 34 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 21 | 4 | Trace | 0.0 | 10 | 40 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cloudy..Light rain 10:30pm | |
| 5 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 10 | 2.8 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt rain 6am..Light snow/graupel late aftn/evng |
| 6 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 8 | Trace | Trace | 10 | 35 | 0 | Cdy | Light flurries around 1pm | |
| 7 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 23 | 9 | Trace | 0.0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Very windy AM..Lgt rain aftn. | |
| 8 | 45 | 26 | 27 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 29 | 0 | Su | Sunny and mild. | |
| 9 | 39 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | Su | Sunny aftn..Cont mild. | |
| 10 | 44 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | Su | Fair and cont mild. | |
| 11 | 40 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 0.54 | 3.3 | 9 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Heavy wet snow AM with little thunder. | |
| 12 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 3.2 | 42 | 0 | Cdy | Cldy..Cooler |
| 13 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 17 | 25 | -10 | Trace | Trace | 8 | 50 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy..Light flurries..Cold..Windy | |
| 14 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 52 | 0 | Su | Sunny and cont cold..Light winds | |
| 15 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 50 | 0 | Pc | Fair to PC..Little warmer. | |
| 16 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 19 | 27 | -9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | Pc | Pc..LTC..Cont Light winds | |
| 17 | 33 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | Su | Fair and warmer..Light winds. | |
| 18 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 36 | 20 | 28 | -2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | Pc | Pc warmer.. | |
| 19 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 21 | 29 | -4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | Pc | Pc to cldy..Cooler | |
| 20 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 29 | -5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 41 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly cloudy.. |
| 21 | 30 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 38 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Pc to cloudy..Cont cool. | |
| 22 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | Pc | Pc..Little warmer. | |
| 23 | 31 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 39 | 22 | 31 | -7 | Trace | Trace | 3 | 41 | 0 | Pc | Pc to Cldy..Very light flurries aftn. | |
| 24 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 31 | -2 | Trace | Trace | 3 | 36 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cloudy..Lgt flurries around noon. | |
| 25 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | Cdy | Mostly Cloudy..Light winds | |
| 26 | 41 | 27 | 36 | 34 | 41 | 23 | 32 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 31 | 0 | Su | High thin cloudy..Mild.Windy.Gust to 32 |
| 27 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 24 | 33 | 4 | Trace | 0.0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | Cdy | Lgt rain am/aftn | |
| 28 | 38 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Fog AM..Cloudy all day. | |
| 29 | 53 | 35 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Trace | 21 | 0 | Pc | Pc and much warmer..Most of snow gone. | |
| 30 | 50 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 0.12 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Cdy | Mild overnight with lgt rain AM and again PM | |
| 31 | 41 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 26 | 35 | 1 | 0.51 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Cdy | Rain AM.. Very windy. | |
| Monthly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Max | Min | Avrg | Norm | Deprt | Pre | Ha/Sn | Grnd | HDD | CDD | Days | Recap | |||||
| Su | March was an up and down month on the | |||||||||||||||
| Avrg | 34.7 | 21.0 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 0.7 | 37 | 0 | 6 | temperature side but ending up above normal. | |||||||
| Pc | Most snow fell on the 11th with 3.3 inches. | |||||||||||||||
| High | 53 | 41 | Total | 1.39 | 5.2 | 1145 | 0 | 8 | Greatest snow depth 10 inches on 2-6th | |||||||
| Low | 19 | 2 | Norm | 1.17 | Cdy | with a fast melt down at the end of month | ||||||||||
| Deprt | 0.22 | 17 | putting the depth to -0- by the 30th. | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1075 | 651 | % Nrm | 118.8% | ||||||||||||
| Yearly Summary | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2.22 | 41.7 | 7064 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Norm | 2.52 | |||||||||||||||
| Deprt | -0.30 | |||||||||||||||
| %Nrm | 88.1% | |||||||||||||||