000 CDUS43 KBIS 240734 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 234 AM CDT MON AUG 24 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 89 354 PM 102 2003 82 7 79 1976 MINIMUM 57 611 AM 35 1911 53 4 46 AVERAGE 73 68 5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1968 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 1.66 -1.10 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 11.65 6.83 4.82 7.87 SINCE JAN 1 18.70 12.32 6.38 10.84 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 2 MONTH TO DATE 28 18 10 2 SINCE JUN 1 199 130 69 123 SINCE JUL 1 51 37 14 9 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 80 131 -51 168 SINCE JUN 1 219 391 -172 442 SINCE JAN 1 222 411 -189 443 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 44 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 104 1886 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 33 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2009........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2009........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$