000 CDUS43 KBIS 210730 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 229 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 54 517 PM 73 1911 42 12 34 MINIMUM 28 714 AM -17 1876 21 7 26 AVERAGE 41 31 10 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.52 1894 0.03 -0.03 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.49 -0.33 0.40 SINCE MAR 1 0.16 0.49 -0.33 0.40 SINCE JAN 1 1.77 1.45 0.32 0.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.4 2002 0.3 -0.3 1.2 MONTH TO DATE 3.3 6.0 -2.7 2.1 SINCE MAR 1 3.3 6.0 -2.7 2.1 SINCE JUL 1 73.8 43.0 30.8 18.7 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 34 -10 35 MONTH TO DATE 937 763 174 725 SINCE MAR 1 937 763 174 725 SINCE JUL 1 7724 7398 326 7212 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 78 1910 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -14 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2009.........SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MARCH 22 2009.........SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$