000 CDUS43 KBIS 050727 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 127 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 37 547 PM 69 2000 35 2 38 1905 MINIMUM 11 528 AM -33 1891 15 -4 16 AVERAGE 24 25 -1 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.48 1875 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.08 -0.08 T SINCE MAR 1 T 0.08 -0.08 T SINCE JAN 1 1.61 1.04 0.57 0.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.7 1995 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE T 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE MAR 1 T 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE JUL 1 70.5 38.2 32.3 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 10 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 41 0 38 MONTH TO DATE 209 166 43 145 SINCE MAR 1 209 166 43 145 SINCE JUL 1 6996 6801 195 6632 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 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 43 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 75 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 72 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -25 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 715 AM CST SUNSET 635 PM CST MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 636 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$