Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
October-08
Season Fwd									23.78	0	0		195	483
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	59	37	44	48	64	41	52	-4	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Cooler.
2	74	43	50	59	63	40	52	7	0.00	0.0	0		6	0	Su	Sunny and Mild.
3	61	33	46	47	63	40	51	-4	0.00	0.0	0		18	0	Su	Scattered frost AM..Sunny afternoon
4	67	41	54	54	63	40	51	3	0.00	0.0	0		11	0	Su	Sunny with strong southerly winds
5	57	51	54	54	62	39	51	3	0.71	0.0	0		11	0	Cdy	Rain heavy at times pm..
6	65	54	55	60	62	39	50	10	0.40	0.0	0		5	0	Cdy	Rain all day, just a dreary day.
7	63	43	43	53	61	38	50	3	0.03	0.0	0		12	0	Pc	Rain early AM..Becoming sunny afternoon.
8	66	43	51	55	61	38	50	5	0.00	0.0	0		10	0	Pc	Pc Am..Rain south of town. Sunny afternoon.
9	57	42	47	50	60	38	49	1	0.00	0.0	0		15	0	Su	Sunny becoming cloudy early evening.
10	48	37	41	43	60	37	49	-6	1.05	0.0	0		22	0	Cdy	Rain most of the day heavy at times.
11	48	41	47	45	59	37	48	-3	0.12	0.0	0		20	0	Cdy	Rain AM and again evening.
12	66	47	50	57	59	36	48	9	1.11	0.0	0		8	0	Cdy	Rain off and on most of the day. Much warmer
13	50	40	42	45	58	36	47	-2	0.36	0.0	0		20	0	Cdy	Rain AM..Daytime High 48
14	54	32	47	43	58	36	47	-4	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Su	Sunny..1st Frost.
15	53	39	41	46	57	35	46	0	0.00	0.0	0		19	0	Su	Sunny..Windy. LCT
16	53	35	40	44	57	35	46	-2	0.00	0.0	0		21	0	Pc	Sunny AM..Fair to Pc aftn. Light winds.
17	54	38	42	46	56	34	45	1	0.08	0.0	0		19	0	Cdy	Rain 4am - noon.
18	60	39	50	50	56	34	45	5	0.00	0.0	0		15	0	Su	Fair, windy, warmer.
19	56	40	41	48	55	33	44	4	0.00	0.0	0		17	0	Pc	Fair to Pc..Some light rain south of town.
20	49	31	32	40	54	33	44	-4	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Su	Sunny and colder..Light winds.
21	50	30	40	40	54	32	43	-3	0.12	0.0	0		25	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Rain starting around 8pm.
22	43	39	40	41	53	32	42	-1	0.60	0.0	0		24	0	Cdy	Rain all day ending 10pm
23	53	37	44	45	52	31	42	3	0.00	0.0	0		20	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Little warmer. Light winds
24	44	40	41	42	52	31	41	1	0.23	0.0	0		23	0	Cdy	Lgt rain ending late aftn.
25	57	34	44	46	51	30	41	5	0.00	0.0	0		19	0	Pc	Pc becoming windy afternoon.
26	45	30	36	38	50	30	40	-2	0.13	1.4	0		27	0	Cdy	Snow AM ending noon. Windy gusts 50mph+
27	40	27	27	34	49	29	39	-5	0.00	0.0	0		31	0	Su	Sunny lighter winds.
28	55	24	38	40	49	29	39	1	0.00	0.0	0		25	0	Su	Sunny and much warmer. Light var winds
29	57	26	44	42	48	28	38	4	0.00	0.0	0		23	0	Su	Sunny and mild for this time of the year.
30	66	39	47	53	47	28	37	16	0.00	0.0	0		12	0	Su	Sunny and cont very mild for this time of yr.
31	54	32	35	43	46	27	37	6	0.00	0.0	0		22	0	Su	Sunny little cooler.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	Oct was a mild but very wet month. We had
High	74	54					45.3	1.3				Avrg	18	0	13	two 24 periods with 1" or more of rain with the
Low	40	24													Pc	greatest being 1.12 on the 12th. It snowed
								Total	4.94	1.4			564	0	6	one day during the month with 1.4 inches
Avrg	55.6	37.5		46.6				Norm	1.97						Cdy	falling.
								Deprt	2.97						12
Total	1724	1164						% Nrm	250.8%
Yearly Summary
								Total	28.72	1.4			759	483
								Norm	19.56
								Deprt	9.16
								%Nrm	146.8%