Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
March-08
Season Fwd									0.76	31.7	12	2.10	6796	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	30	3	25	17	28	13	20	-3	0.00	0.0	12		48	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Windy and warmer.
2	31	11	11	21	28	13	20	1	0.01	0.1	11	2.20	44	0	Pc	Lgt snow mid AM..Windy here at house 34mph
3	13	-2	4	6	29	14	21	-15	0.00	0.0	11		59	0	Su	Sunny and cold for this time of the year.
4	32	4	15	18	29	14	21	-3	0.00	0.0	11		47	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Snow in the area none here.
5	15	2	4	9	29	14	22	-13	Trace	Trace	11		56	0	Su	Very lgt flurries 1-2am.Sunny rest of the day
6	4	-12	-11	-4	30	14	22	-26	Trace	Trace	11		69	0	Pc	Lgt flurries AM..Daytime high 2
7	8	-19	8	-5	30	15	23	-28	0.00	0.0	11		70	0	Pc	Fair to Pc.Windy early evening.
8	19	6	12	13	31	15	23	-10	0.08	2.2	13		52	0	Cdy	Slight snow all day.
9	19	-3	5	8	31	16	24	-16	Trace	Trace	13	2.20	57	0	Su	Sunny all day..Light winds
10	34	0	33	17	32	16	24	-7	0.00	0.0	12		48	0	Su	Frosty AM..Fair and warmer aftn.
11	42	28	32	35	32	16	24	11	0.00	0.0	10		30	0	Su	Fair and much warmer. Light Var winds
12	41	31	38	36	33	17	25	11	0.03	0.0	8		29	0	Pc	Sprinkle Rain AM..Little shower aftn.
13	44	32	32	38	33	17	25	13	0.00	0.0	5		27	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Cont. mild.
14	32	16	16	24	34	18	26	-2	Trace	Trace	5		41	0	Pc	Cloudy light snow off and on aftn and evening
15	25	9	17	17	34	18	26	-9	0.00	0.0	5		48	0	Su	Sunny and colder.
16	35	8	30	22	35	19	27	-5	0.00	0.0	5	1.40	43	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Windy and little warmer.
17	34	27	33	31	35	20	28	3	0.02	0.1	4		34	0	Cdy	Graupel AM mixed with light flurries.
18	44	27	27	36	36	20	28	8	Trace	Trace	2		29	0	Pc	Fog rain mixed with snow Am.
19	41	24	27	33	37	21	29	4	0.00	0.0	1		32	0	Cdy	Light winds
20	39	17	30	28	37	21	29	-1	0.02	0.2	Trace		37	0	Cdy	Coudy..Light snow 9pm on.
21	35	28	30	32	38	21	30	2	0.75	7.6	7		33	0	Cdy	Snow heavy at times. Up to 8pm
22	34	24	24	29	38	22	30	-1	0.07	1.0	6		36	0	Cdy	Snow off and most of the day.Windy & colder
23	26	11	14	19	39	22	31	-12	0.00	0.0	6	0.90	46	0	Su	Sunny and windy Am..Dim aftn.Colder
24	37	9	37	23	40	22	31	-8	0.00	0.0	6		42	0	Cdy	Cloudy and very winds..Black Ice on roads
25	42	26	26	34	40	23	32	2	Trace	Trace	4		31	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Flurries 8am.
26	32	21	21	27	41	23	32	-5	0.00	0.0	3		38	0	Su	Mostly sunny but cool.
27	33	17	22	25	42	24	33	-8	0.00	0.0	2		40	0	Su	Sunny..
28	40	15	35	28	42	24	33	-5	0.00	0.0	1		37	0	Pc	Becoming cloudy late afternoon.
29	42	30	38	36	43	25	34	2	Trace	0.0	1		29	0	Pc	Pc and very windy. Sprinkle of rain. 11pm
30	38	30	30	34	43	25	34	0	0.00	0.0	Trace		31	0	Pc	Windy early morning..Dim afternoon.
31	35	28	31	32	44	26	35	-3	0.00	0.0	Trace		33	0	Cdy	Snow to the SE of us..None here.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	March was bitterly cold to start off the month
High	44	32					27.2	-4.2				Avrg	42	0	9	and did not improve much after that. We only
Low	4	-19													Pc	had 9 days of above normal temperatures
								Total	0.98	11.2			1296	0	12	with highest being 44 on the 18th. We had 11.2
Avrg	31.5	14.5		23.0				Norm	1.17						Cdy	inches of snow fall with the greatest snow fall
								Deprt	-0.19						10	of 8.8 inches with a storm on 20th-22nd.
Total	976	448						% Nrm	83.8%
Yearly Summary
								Total	1.74	42.9			8092	0
								Norm	2.52
								Deprt	-0.78
								%Nrm	69.0%