Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
October-06
Season Fwd									15.13	0	0		229	753
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	81	50	63	66	64	41	52	14	0.00	0.0	0		0	1	Su	Sunny and mild for this time of the year.
2	74	46	55	60	63	40	52	8	0.00	0.0	0		5	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Little cooler but a nice fall day.
3	55	48	49	52	63	40	51	1	0.15	0.0	0		13	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Light rain off and on all day.
4	60	37	40	49	63	40	51	-2	0.00	0.0	0		16	0	Su	Sunny and little warmer..Light winds.
5	65	35	52	50	62	39	51	-1	0.00	0.0	0		15	0	Su	Sunny..Windy..Little warmer.
6	76	51	65	64	62	39	50	14	0.00	0.0	0		1	0	Su	Sunny..Very windy but mild.
7	83	59	61	71	61	38	50	21	0.00	0.0	0		0	6	Su	Sunny..Windy..Very warm.
8	61	45	45	53	61	38	50	3	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Pc	Pc..Windy..Much cooler. Daytime High 59
9	56	31	38	44	60	38	49	-5	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Su	Fair and colder..Frost this morning.
10	55	30	33	43	60	37	49	-6	0.28	Trace	0		22	0	Cdy	Pc AM..Cloudy aftn & evening..Lgt rain/snow
11	34	24	24	29	59	37	48	-19	0.09	1.6	1		36	0	Cdy	Lgt Sn except for around 6pm most of the day.
12	38	21	36	30	59	36	48	-18	0.06	0.6	0		35	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy.Light snow..Very icy roads AM
13	46	30	35	38	58	36	47	-9	0.00	0.0	0		27	0	Su	Sunny and warmer..Windy
14	50	25	30	38	58	36	47	-9	0.00	0.0	0		27	0	Su	Sunny and a nice day..Not as windy.
15	63	26	49	45	57	35	46	-1	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Su	Fair and another nice fall day.
16	55	46	55	51	57	35	46	5	Trace	0.0	0		14	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Light fog and drizzle
17	56	35	35	46	56	34	45	1	0.51	0.0	0		19	0	Cdy	Rain most of the day..Drizzle pm..
18	37	32	32	35	56	34	45	-10	0.00	0.0	0		30	0	Cdy	Cloudy and much cooler..
19	46	27	37	37	55	33	44	-7	Trace	0.0	0		28	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Light sprinkle 6pm
20	37	33	33	35	54	33	44	-9	Trace	0.0	0		30	0	Cdy	Light drizzle at 7-8 pm..
21	35	25	27	30	54	32	43	-13	0.00	0.0	0		35	0	Pc	Pc becoming cloudy aftn
22	36	24	31	30	53	32	42	-12	Trace	Trace	0		35	0	Pc	Pc becoming Cldy aftn with light flurries pm.
23	37	30	34	34	52	31	42	-8	0.00	0.0	0		31	0	Cdy	Cloudy and cont. cool.
24	45	29	35	37	52	31	41	-4	0.00	0.0	0		28	0	Pc	Pc AM..Sunny late aftn..Warmer.
25	54	28	40	41	51	30	41	0	0.00	0.0	0		24	0	Su	Fair and much warmer..Windy but nice day.
26	53	37	37	45	50	30	40	5	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Su	Fair and another nice day.
27	56	31	36	44	49	29	39	5	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Nice fall day.Windy aftn.
28	46	34	34	40	49	29	39	1	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Cooler.
29	58	24	32	41	48	28	38	3	0.00	0.0	0		24	0	Su	Sunny..Windy..Warmer.
30	45	26	26	36	47	28	37	-1	Trace	Trace	0		29	0	Pc	Pc to cldy..Dropping temps aftn. Lgt snow PM
31	31	21	26	26	46	27	37	-11	Trace	Trace	0		39	0	Cdy	Very light flurries around noon.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	October was a colder than normal.  The last
Avrg	52.4	33.5		43.0			45.3	-2.3					22	0	12	half was more like Nov than Oct. During the
															Pc	middle of the month had 2.2 inches of snow
High	83	59						Total	1.09	2.2			682	7	8	with most on the ground of 1 inch. Warmest
Low	31	21						Norm	1.97						Cdy	day was 83 on the 7th with the coldest
								Deprt	-0.88						11	21 on the 31st.
Total	1624	1040						% Nrm	55.3%
Yearly Summary
								Total	16.22	2.2			911	760
								Norm	19.56
								Deprt	-3.34
								%Nrm	82.9%