000 CDUS43 KBIS 210722 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 221 AM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 70 544 PM 100 1976 83 -13 91 MINIMUM 59 1145 PM 34 1907 54 5 67 AVERAGE 65 69 -4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 2.00 1879 0.07 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 1.45 -0.89 1.10 SINCE JUN 1 11.65 6.62 5.03 7.86 SINCE JAN 1 18.70 12.11 6.59 10.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 T 0.0 0.0 T SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 12 12 0 SINCE JUN 1 195 124 71 121 SINCE JUL 1 47 31 16 7 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 70 116 -46 151 SINCE JUN 1 209 376 -167 425 SINCE JAN 1 212 396 -184 426 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 35 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 55 700 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 105 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 38 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2009........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2009........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$