000 CDUS43 KBIS 310727 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 126 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 30 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 39 357 PM 54 1931 23 16 1 MINIMUM 15 1227 AM -36 1916 2 13 -15 AVERAGE 27 12 15 -7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.33 1926 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.43 0.40 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 2.24 0.87 1.37 0.34 SINCE JAN 1 0.83 0.43 0.40 0.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 3.4 1896 0.3 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 16.0 8.5 7.5 3.0 SINCE DEC 1 49.3 16.7 32.6 7.8 SINCE JUL 1 61.8 28.5 33.3 8.6 SNOW DEPTH 13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 53 -15 72 MONTH TO DATE 1710 1658 52 1592 SINCE DEC 1 3508 3197 311 3133 SINCE JUL 1 5323 5253 70 4973 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 45 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 70 400 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 53 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 -40 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 31 2009.......SUNRISE 808 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST FEBRUARY 1 2009......SUNRISE 807 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$