000 CDUS43 KBIS 020726 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 225 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 59 154 PM 90 1901 63 -4 58 MINIMUM 35 1258 AM 18 1911 37 -2 45 1909 AVERAGE 47 50 -3 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1902 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.06 -0.06 T SINCE MAR 1 3.42 2.37 1.05 1.18 SINCE JAN 1 5.03 3.33 1.70 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.3 1967 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 29.8 13.1 16.7 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 100.3 50.1 50.2 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 15 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 18 15 3 13 SINCE MAR 1 2065 1784 281 1757 SINCE JUL 1 8852 8419 433 8244 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 75 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 100 AM LOWEST 19 200 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 94 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1967 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2009...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 855 PM CDT MAY 3 2009...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 856 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$