000 CDUS43 KBIS 040729 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 129 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 30 759 PM 61 1905 34 -4 40 MINIMUM 14 705 AM -20 1917 14 0 5 1888 AVERAGE 22 24 -2 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1966 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 1.61 1.02 0.59 0.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 15.5 1966 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 70.5 37.9 32.6 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 11 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 41 2 42 MONTH TO DATE 168 125 43 107 SINCE MAR 1 168 125 43 107 SINCE JUL 1 6955 6760 195 6594 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 53 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 73 1200 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 69 2000 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -33 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2009.........SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 633 PM CST MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 715 AM CST SUNSET 635 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$