000 CDUS43 KBIS 060721 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 120 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 20 321 PM 60 1988 29 -9 37 1881 MINIMUM -2 318 AM -25 1880 9 -11 5 AVERAGE 9 19 -10 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.57 1960 0.02 -0.02 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.10 -0.07 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 0.03 0.10 -0.07 0.07 SINCE JAN 1 22.24 16.50 5.74 17.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.8 1960 0.3 -0.3 0.7 MONTH TO DATE 1.2 1.5 -0.3 1.6 SINCE DEC 1 1.2 1.5 -0.3 1.6 SINCE JUL 1 1.9 13.3 -11.4 14.1 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 46 10 44 MONTH TO DATE 239 226 13 228 SINCE DEC 1 239 226 13 228 SINCE JUL 1 1967 2282 -315 2043 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 331 471 -140 524 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 95 600 AM LOWEST 73 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 66 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 8 -28 1972 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 813 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST DECEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 814 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$