000 CDUS43 KBIS 040744 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 244 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 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 80 446 PM 101 1978 77 3 69 MINIMUM 57 1142 PM 28 1974 49 8 39 AVERAGE 69 63 6 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.33 1994 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.18 -0.18 1.19 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 0.18 -0.18 1.19 SINCE JAN 1 18.72 12.99 5.73 12.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 11 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 31 SINCE SEP 1 0 14 -14 31 SINCE JUL 1 66 77 -11 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 3 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 9 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 9 9 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 257 450 -193 498 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 44 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 48 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 100 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2009.....SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2009.....SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$