000 CDUS43 KBIS 230724 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 123 AM CST MON FEB 23 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 11 516 PM 60 2002 31 -20 35 MINIMUM -6 738 AM -26 1910 11 -17 0 AVERAGE 3 21 -18 18 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.69 1922 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 0.39 0.12 0.39 SINCE DEC 1 2.75 1.28 1.47 0.73 SINCE JAN 1 1.34 0.84 0.50 0.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.9 1979 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.6 6.4 -2.8 7.9 SINCE DEC 1 52.9 23.4 29.5 15.7 SINCE JUL 1 65.4 35.2 30.2 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 9 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 62 45 17 47 MONTH TO DATE 1088 1070 18 1206 SINCE DEC 1 4625 4320 305 4394 SINCE JUL 1 6440 6376 64 6234 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 73 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 63 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 11 -34 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2009......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2009......SUNRISE 731 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$