000 CDUS43 KBIS 270723 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 222 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 85 359 PM 103 1970 81 4 90 MINIMUM 58 600 AM 33 1914 52 6 63 AVERAGE 72 67 5 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.53 1880 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.56 1.85 -1.29 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 11.65 7.02 4.63 7.87 SINCE JAN 1 18.70 12.51 6.19 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 28 26 2 2 SINCE JUN 1 199 138 61 123 SINCE JUL 1 51 45 6 9 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 4 3 12 MONTH TO DATE 99 143 -44 191 SINCE JUN 1 238 403 -165 465 SINCE JAN 1 241 423 -182 466 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 31 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 107 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2009........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2009........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$