000 CDUS43 KBIS 040733 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 233 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 49 403 PM 87 1987 65 -16 73 1922 MINIMUM 40 820 AM 16 1989 37 3 37 AVERAGE 45 51 -6 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.93 1915 0.05 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 0.15 0.07 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 1.46 1.76 -0.30 2.46 SINCE JAN 1 20.18 14.57 5.61 13.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2000 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 14 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 57 41 16 33 SINCE SEP 1 137 297 -160 233 SINCE JUL 1 203 360 -157 253 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 83 30 53 26 SINCE JAN 1 331 471 -140 524 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 60 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 95 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2009.......SUNRISE 746 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2009.......SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$