000 CDUS43 KBIS 280722 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 122 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 1 531 PM 65 1932 33 -32 41 MINIMUM -12 406 AM -27 1962 13 -25 16 AVERAGE -5 23 -28 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.58 1958 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.78 0.49 0.29 0.39 SINCE DEC 1 3.02 1.38 1.64 0.73 SINCE JAN 1 1.61 0.94 0.67 0.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.6 1958 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 8.7 7.9 0.8 8.0 SINCE DEC 1 58.0 24.9 33.1 15.8 SINCE JUL 1 70.5 36.7 33.8 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 11 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 70 43 27 36 MONTH TO DATE 1367 1287 80 1397 SINCE DEC 1 4904 4537 367 4585 SINCE JUL 1 6719 6593 126 6425 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 NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 8 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 800 PM LOWEST 64 300 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 59 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -34 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2009......SUNRISE 724 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 1 2009.........SUNRISE 722 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$