000 CDUS43 KBIS 310722 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 221 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 74 522 PM 100 2008 79 -5 100 MINIMUM 42 627 AM 37 1965 51 -9 56 AVERAGE 58 65 -7 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1951 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 2.09 -1.51 1.13 SINCE JUN 1 11.67 7.26 4.41 7.89 SINCE JAN 1 18.72 12.75 5.97 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 7 4 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 43 40 3 13 SINCE JUN 1 214 152 62 134 SINCE JUL 1 66 59 7 20 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 106 158 -52 207 SINCE JUN 1 245 418 -173 481 SINCE JAN 1 248 438 -190 482 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 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 96 600 AM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 101 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 32 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2009........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2009.....SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$