306 CDUS43 KBIS 070726 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 225 AM CDT WED APR 7 2004 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 411 PM 77 1988 51 23 51 MINIMUM 30 647 AM 3 1979 27 3 22 AVERAGE 52 39 13 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.54 1907 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.24 -0.24 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.25 1.09 0.16 0.44 SINCE JAN 1 2.15 2.05 0.10 0.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1907 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE MAR 1 6.3 10.2 -3.9 8.0 SINCE JUL 1 46.2 47.2 -1.0 32.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 26 -13 28 MONTH TO DATE 96 165 -69 201 SINCE MAR 1 1009 1274 -265 1430 SINCE JUL 1 7397 7909 -512 7831 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 78 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 600 AM LOWEST 16 300 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 85 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 3 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2004.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT APRIL 8 2004.........SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$