107 CDUS43 KBIS 031215 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 232 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 63 357 PM 94 1955 64 -1 55 MINIMUM 39 525 AM 17 1967 37 2 35 1907 AVERAGE 51 51 0 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.85 1957 0.06 -0.06 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 3.42 2.43 0.99 1.21 SINCE JAN 1 5.03 3.39 1.64 1.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1887 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 29.8 13.2 16.6 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 100.3 50.2 50.1 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 15 -1 20 MONTH TO DATE 32 30 2 33 SINCE MAR 1 2079 1799 280 1777 SINCE JUL 1 8866 8434 432 8264 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 66 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 1200 AM LOWEST 25 1100 AM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 13 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2009...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 856 PM CDT MAY 4 2009...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 857 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$