000 CDUS43 KBIS 260740 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 239 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 61 955 AM 96 1941 72 -11 66 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 26 1924 46 5 42 AVERAGE 56 59 -3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.36 1.51 1960 0.08 1.28 T MONTH TO DATE 2.02 1.74 0.28 0.88 SINCE MAR 1 5.44 4.05 1.39 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 7.05 5.01 2.04 2.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 9 7 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 306 268 38 314 SINCE MAR 1 2353 2037 316 2058 SINCE JUL 1 9140 8672 468 8545 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 14 -14 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 14 -14 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 700 PM LOWEST 75 200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 92 2006 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 26 2009...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 924 PM CDT MAY 27 2009...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 925 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$