000 CDUS43 KBIS 280723 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 223 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 88 322 PM 107 1973 80 8 66 MINIMUM 56 619 AM 33 1982 52 4 47 AVERAGE 72 66 6 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.32 1892 0.06 -0.04 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 1.91 -1.33 1.13 SINCE JUN 1 11.67 7.08 4.59 7.89 SINCE JAN 1 18.72 12.57 6.15 10.86 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 8 MONTH TO DATE 28 29 -1 10 SINCE JUN 1 199 141 58 131 SINCE JUL 1 51 48 3 17 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 4 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 106 147 -41 191 SINCE JUN 1 245 407 -162 465 SINCE JAN 1 248 427 -179 466 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 49 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 800 AM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 101 1991 1969 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2009........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2009........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$