000 CDUS43 KBIS 160723 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 222 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 52 246 PM 92 1987 69 -17 71 1936 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 25 1959 43 -6 40 AVERAGE 45 56 -11 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.27 1876 0.07 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.99 -0.56 0.37 SINCE MAR 1 3.85 3.30 0.55 1.55 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 4.26 1.20 2.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1929 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 29.8 13.3 16.5 2.7 SINCE JUL 1 100.3 50.3 50.0 19.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 10 10 9 MONTH TO DATE 215 186 29 240 SINCE MAR 1 2262 1955 307 1984 SINCE JUL 1 9049 8590 459 8471 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 4 -4 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 22 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2009...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 913 PM CDT MAY 17 2009...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 914 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$