000 CDUS43 KBIS 190726 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 226 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 85 157 PM 98 1941 70 15 74 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 24 1915 44 -1 36 AVERAGE 64 57 7 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.07 1898 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 1.20 -0.77 0.37 SINCE MAR 1 3.85 3.51 0.34 1.55 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 4.47 0.99 2.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1968 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 1 9 -8 10 MONTH TO DATE 250 214 36 254 SINCE MAR 1 2297 1983 314 1998 SINCE JUL 1 9084 8618 466 8485 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 7 -7 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 7 -7 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 600 AM LOWEST 23 100 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 96 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 27 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2009...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 916 PM CDT MAY 20 2009...........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 917 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$