000 CDUS43 KBIS 270721 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 221 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 46 156 AM 92 1952 61 -15 43 MINIMUM 35 1105 AM 19 2002 35 0 27 1920 AVERAGE 41 48 -7 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 1.16 1964 0.06 0.32 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 1.22 -0.73 0.73 SINCE MAR 1 3.22 2.07 1.15 1.18 SINCE JAN 1 4.83 3.03 1.80 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1924 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 3.7 -3.6 T SINCE MAR 1 29.8 12.7 17.1 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 100.3 49.7 50.6 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 17 7 30 MONTH TO DATE 628 595 33 611 SINCE MAR 1 1968 1704 264 1669 SINCE JUL 1 8755 8339 416 8156 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 58 1200 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 18 1994 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2009.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 848 PM CDT APRIL 28 2009.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$