000 CDUS43 KBIS 240737 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 237 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 59 336 PM 76 1998 54 5 47 MINIMUM 28 1202 AM 12 1895 29 -1 22 AVERAGE 44 42 2 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.83 1943 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 1.00 0.97 1.73 SINCE SEP 1 3.21 2.61 0.60 4.19 SINCE JAN 1 21.93 15.42 6.51 15.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.6 1991 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 1.5 -0.8 T SINCE SEP 1 0.7 1.7 -1.0 T SINCE JUL 1 0.7 1.7 -1.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 24 -3 30 MONTH TO DATE 579 416 163 405 SINCE SEP 1 659 672 -13 605 SINCE JUL 1 725 735 -10 625 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 80 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 7 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2009.......SUNRISE 814 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2009.......SUNRISE 815 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$