171 CDUS43 KBIS 180732 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 131 AM CST SUN JAN 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 34 307 PM 54 1926 20 14 26 MINIMUM 29 804 AM -40 1967 -1 30 -13 AVERAGE 32 10 22 7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.58 1996 0.01 -0.01 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.17 0.66 0.08 SINCE DEC 1 2.24 0.61 1.63 0.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.83 0.17 0.66 0.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.2 1996 0.3 -0.3 0.6 MONTH TO DATE 15.7 4.6 11.1 1.7 SINCE DEC 1 49.0 12.8 36.2 6.5 SINCE JUL 1 61.5 24.6 36.9 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 56 -23 58 MONTH TO DATE 1022 946 76 788 SINCE DEC 1 2820 2485 335 2329 SINCE JUL 1 4635 4541 94 4169 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 71 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 56 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -1 -44 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2009.......SUNRISE 821 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST JANUARY 19 2009.......SUNRISE 820 AM CST SUNSET 528 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$