Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
October-04
Season Fwd									22.96	0	0		291	325
Obs Time 11P...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	53	36	37	45	64	41	52	-7	0.04	0.0	0		20	0	Pc	Rain early Am..Clearing aftn much cooler
2	64	31	46	48	63	40	52	-4	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Nice fall day.
3	60	35	35	48	63	40	51	-3	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Pc , Cooler, and windy.
4	53	26	39	40	63	40	51	-11	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Pc	Pc cont cool..Not as windy..
5	75	35	54	55	62	39	51	4	0.00	0.0	0		10	0	Su	Sunny and very mild.
6	81	46	62	64	62	39	50	14	0.00	0.0	0		1	0	Su	Sunny and cont. mild.
7	65	54	54	60	61	38	50	10	0.00	0.0	0		5	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Cool.
8	69	49	49	59	61	38	50	9	0.00	0.0	0		6	0	Su	Mostly sunny..Nice fall day.
9	70	36	56	53	60	38	49	4	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Su	Fair and cont mild.
10	74	50	57	62	60	37	49	13	0.00	0.0	0		3	0	Su	Sunny with strong southerly winds.
11	71	50	58	61	59	37	48	13	0.00	0.0	0		4	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Cont warm..
12	72	46	51	59	59	36	48	11	0.01	0.0	0		6	0	Pc	Fair becoming cldy 7pm..Lgt rain 8pm-9pm
13	51	36	36	44	58	36	47	-3	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Pc	Cold and Windy..Day high 46
14	45	28	44	37	58	36	47	-10	0.10	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Light rain and cold.
15	44	34	35	39	57	35	46	-7	0.23	Trace	0		26	0	Cdy	Windy .Rain aftn mixed with sn pm.Day hi 39
16	35	30	31	33	57	35	46	-13	0.00	0.0	0		32	0	Cdy	Cldy, Windy, and Cold!
17	35	29	33	32	56	34	45	-13	0.00	0.0	0		33	0	Cdy	Cldy, Windy, and cont. cold.
18	48	32	45	40	56	34	45	-5	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Cldy..Light winds and not as cold.
19	58	37	37	48	55	33	44	4	0.15	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Rain early Am..Pc afternoon.
20	51	29	49	40	54	33	44	-4	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Light winds.
21	53	47	51	50	54	32	43	7	0.02	0.0	0		15	0	Cdy	Drizzle AM..Mist aftn.
22	53	50	51	52	53	32	42	10	0.27	0.0	0		13	0	Cdy	Lgt rain AM..Drizzle aftn..Rain pm with thunder
23	52	35	35	44	52	31	42	2	0.36	0.0	0		21	0	Pc	Light rain ending noon..Pc aftn.
24	48	34	39	41	52	31	41	0	0.07	0.0	0		24	0	Cdy	Coudy..Light rain off and on..
25	51	29	45	40	51	30	41	-1	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Light winds.
26	55	40	40	48	50	30	40	8	Trace	0.0	0		17	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy and little warmer.
27	49	36	47	43	49	29	39	4	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Cdy	Cloudy and cooler..
28	55	47	53	51	49	29	39	12	0.06	0.0	0		14	0	Cdy	Mist AM..Lgt rain aftn/PM..
29	55	50	49	53	48	28	38	15	1.40	Trace	0		12	0	Cdy	Th Sh with light hail 4pm..Rain cont after.
30	49	35	35	42	47	28	37	5	0.98	0.0	0		23	0	Cdy	Rain AM..Daytime high 40
31	44	34	38	39	46	27	37	2	0.00	0.0	0		26	0	Cdy	Cldy, damp, cool.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	October was an up and down month for
Avrg	56.1	38.3		47.2			45.3	1.9					18	0	7	temperatures but almost had double the
															Pc	normal amount for precipation.  We had
High	81	54						Total	3.69	Trace			545	0	8	thunder storms in the area on the 29th & 30th.
Low	35	26						Norm	1.97						Cdy	First site of snow was on the 15th mainly
								Deprt	1.72						16	mixed with rain with hail reported on the 30th.
Total	1738	1186						% Nrm	187.3%
Yearly Summary
								Total	26.65	Trace			836	325
								Norm	19.56
								Deprt	7.09
								%Nrm	136.2%