The Ford Motor Company built a large scale assembly plant downtown on Broadway. When the Northern Pacific Railroad was selecting the crossing site over the Red River, eager land speculators spared no effort to learn the location. Railroad officials marked a false route a few miles north of Moorhead, Minnesota to throw the speculators off the trail. Population nearly doubled between 1920 and 1950 and almost doubled again from 1950 to 1990. Peak leaf time is usually the first week in October.
Skies are frequently sunny.
Snowfall averages 36 inches. The average first 70 degree day is April 17. This applies to non-essentials.