000 CDUS43 KBIS 140721 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 221 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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 39 1224 PM 89 1958 60 -21 44 MINIMUM 24 735 AM 8 1909 34 -10 33 AVERAGE 32 47 -15 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.97 1940 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 1.07 0.60 0.47 1.27 SINCE SEP 1 2.31 2.21 0.10 3.73 SINCE JAN 1 21.03 15.02 6.01 14.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1997 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 0.6 0.5 0.1 T SINCE SEP 1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 T SINCE JUL 1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 18 15 26 MONTH TO DATE 349 205 144 189 SINCE SEP 1 429 461 -32 389 SINCE JUL 1 495 524 -29 409 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 86 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 14 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 14 2009.......SUNRISE 800 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT OCTOBER 15 2009.......SUNRISE 801 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$