000 CDUS43 KBIS 050728 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 228 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 33 344 PM 77 1991 50 -17 63 1930 1912 MINIMUM 27 802 AM 4 1920 26 1 20 AVERAGE 30 38 -8 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.24 1875 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.16 -0.16 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.73 1.01 1.72 0.45 SINCE JAN 1 4.34 1.97 2.37 0.97 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.3 1947 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 29.7 9.8 19.9 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 100.2 46.8 53.4 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 27 8 23 MONTH TO DATE 158 112 46 113 SINCE MAR 1 1498 1221 277 1171 SINCE JUL 1 8285 7856 429 7658 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 79 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -1 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2009.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT APRIL 6 2009.........SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$