000 CDUS43 KBIS 020723 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 222 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 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 37 434 PM 75 1976 48 -11 46 1925 MINIMUM 21 1148 PM -12 1975 25 -4 14 AVERAGE 29 37 -8 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.79 1892 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.04 -0.04 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.73 0.89 1.84 0.45 SINCE JAN 1 4.34 1.85 2.49 0.97 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 9.0 1999 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 29.7 9.2 20.5 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 100.2 46.2 54.0 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 29 7 35 MONTH TO DATE 36 29 7 35 SINCE MAR 1 1376 1138 238 1093 SINCE JUL 1 8163 7773 390 7580 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 45 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 100 AM LOWEST 52 400 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 82 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -10 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2009.........SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT APRIL 3 2009.........SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$