Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
October-05
Season Fwd									25.68	Trace	0		133	579
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	85	49	63	67	64	41	52	15	0.00	0.0			0	2	Pc	Nice Oct day.
2	79	60	60	70	63	40	52	18	0.00	0.0			0	5	Pc	Pc Mild..Windy.
3	60	49	49	55	63	40	51	4	0.00	0.0			10	0	Cdy	Mostly Cloudy..
4	49	40	44	45	63	40	51	-6	0.16	0.0			20	0	Cdy	Cldy..Light rain mid morning on.
5	51	37	37	44	62	39	51	-7	1.74	Trace			21	0	Cdy	Ts early AM. Heavy snow in NW -N Dakota
6	40	32	36	36	62	39	50	-14	0.01	Trace			29	0	Cdy	Flurries 12 mid/6:30a..Cold raw day.
7	47	35	39	41	61	38	50	-9	0.00	0.0			24	0	Pc	Cldy Am..Clearing late aftn.
8	58	39	47	49	61	38	50	-1	0.00	0.0			16	0	Pc	Pc..Windy..Nice fall day.
9	61	44	48	53	60	38	49	4	0.00	0.0			12	0	Pc	Pc..Not as windy..Another nice fall day.
10	61	38	41	50	60	37	49	1	0.00	0.0			15	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Cont. to be another nice day
11	65	37	50	51	59	37	48	3	0.00	0.0			14	0	Su	Fair to Pc..Light winds.
12	52	42	50	47	59	36	48	-1	0.26	0.0			18	0	Cdy	Light rain noon on.
13	54	46	49	50	58	36	47	3	0.00	0.0			15	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Foggy up to noon..Pc 6pm
14	65	48	49	57	58	36	47	10	0.00	0.0			8	0	Su	Sunny..Windy..Not a bad fall day.
15	60	37	42	49	57	35	46	3	0.00	0.0			16	0	Su	Sunny and light variable winds
16	68	41	59	55	57	35	46	9	0.00	0.0			10	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Windy..Mild fall day.
17	64	44	45	54	56	34	45	9	0.00	0.0			11	0	Su	Fair ..Little cooler..
18	62	41	41	52	56	34	45	7	0.00	0.0			13	0	Pc	Pc..Mild aftn..Dropping temps late aftn.
19	58	37	41	48	55	33	44	4	0.00	0.0			17	0	Pc	Cldy Am..Clearing early aftn..Light winds
20	55	31	49	43	54	33	44	-1	0.00	0.0			22	0	Pc	Frost AM..Sprinkle at AP..None here in Mhd
21	51	38	38	45	54	32	43	2	0.00	0.0			20	0	Pc	Pc..Windy..
22	42	30	33	36	53	32	42	-6	Trace	Trace			29	0	Pc	Pc to Cloudy..Light rain/sleet this aftn.
23	45	31	40	38	52	31	42	-4	Trace	0.0			27	0	Cdy	Sprinkle around noon..Windy cool day.
24	50	35	35	43	52	31	41	2	0.00	0.0			22	0	Pc	Pc..Light winds..Little warmer.
25	56	28	39	42	51	30	41	1	0.00	0.0			23	0	Su	Sunny and little warmer..
26	57	29	40	43	50	30	40	3	0.00	0.0			22	0	Su	Sunny..Little Change in Temperatures
27	58	34	48	46	49	29	39	7	0.00	0.0			19	0	Su	Sunny..Another nice day.
28	64	42	55	53	49	29	39	14	0.00	0.0			12	0	Pc	Pc to cloudy..Windy but warmer.
29	60	47	47	54	48	28	38	16	0.06	0.0			11	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Lighter winds..Nice day..
30	58	38	42	48	47	28	37	11	0.01	0.0			17	0	Cdy	Cldy with dense Fog AM..Sprinkle 5pm
31	52	35	37	44	46	27	37	7	0.00	0.0			21	0	Pc	Cdy..Cooler..Light winds
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	October was another month with above
Avrg	57.6	39.2		48.4			45.3	3.1					17	0	7	normal temperatures. Had three days with
															Pc	snow reported but nothing ever staying on
High	85	60						Total	2.24	Trace			514	7	15	the ground..Big snow storm on the 5th
Low	40	28						Norm	1.97						Cdy	in NW North Dakota, just rain here.
								Deprt	0.27						9
Total	1787	1214						% Nrm	113.7%
Yearly Summary
								Total	27.92	Trace			647	586
								Norm	19.56
								Deprt	8.36
								%Nrm	142.7%