000 CDUS43 KBIS 210758 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 256 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 43 108 AM 82 1901 56 -13 55 1875 MINIMUM 39 945 AM 13 1916 31 8 22 1896 AVERAGE 41 44 -3 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.41 1.00 1883 0.04 0.37 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 0.88 1.09 1.27 SINCE SEP 1 3.21 2.49 0.72 3.73 SINCE JAN 1 21.93 15.30 6.63 14.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.7 1936 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 1.2 -0.5 T SINCE SEP 1 0.7 1.4 -0.7 T SINCE JUL 1 0.7 1.4 -0.7 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 22 2 26 MONTH TO DATE 505 347 158 329 SINCE SEP 1 585 603 -18 529 SINCE JUL 1 651 666 -15 549 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 86 200 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 84 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 14 1930 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2009.......SUNRISE 810 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT OCTOBER 22 2009.......SUNRISE 811 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$