000 CDUS43 KBIS 220721 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 119 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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 34 403 PM 53 1942 21 13 8 MINIMUM 8 856 AM -37 1954 -1 9 0 AVERAGE 21 10 11 4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.67 1952 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.25 0.58 0.08 SINCE DEC 1 2.24 0.69 1.55 0.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.83 0.25 0.58 0.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.9 1952 0.3 -0.3 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 15.7 5.8 9.9 1.9 SINCE DEC 1 49.0 14.0 35.0 6.7 SINCE JUL 1 61.5 25.8 35.7 7.5 SNOW DEPTH 15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 55 -11 61 MONTH TO DATE 1184 1169 15 1054 SINCE DEC 1 2982 2708 274 2595 SINCE JUL 1 4797 4764 33 4435 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 67 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 AM LOWEST 61 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 54 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -1 -37 1937 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 22 2009.......SUNRISE 818 AM CST SUNSET 532 PM CST JANUARY 23 2009.......SUNRISE 817 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$