000 CDUS43 KBIS 250723 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 222 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 49 326 PM 80 1927 54 -5 58 MINIMUM 32 1218 AM 7 1887 29 3 30 AVERAGE 41 41 0 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.78 1875 0.04 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.99 1.04 0.95 1.73 SINCE SEP 1 3.23 2.65 0.58 4.19 SINCE JAN 1 21.95 15.46 6.49 15.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1919 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 1.6 -0.9 T SINCE SEP 1 0.7 1.8 -1.1 T SINCE JUL 1 0.7 1.8 -1.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 24 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 603 440 163 426 SINCE SEP 1 683 696 -13 626 SINCE JUL 1 749 759 -10 646 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 N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 76 1000 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 78 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2009.......SUNRISE 815 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 26 2009.......SUNRISE 817 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$