000 CDUS43 KBIS 200726 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 125 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19 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 24 517 PM 59 1894 25 -1 9 MINIMUM 18 1011 AM -36 1983 3 15 -2 AVERAGE 21 14 7 4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.27 1884 0.01 -0.01 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.32 -0.23 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 0.09 0.32 -0.23 0.78 SINCE JAN 1 22.30 16.72 5.58 18.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.6 1960 0.2 -0.2 2.1 MONTH TO DATE 3.1 5.4 -2.3 18.7 SINCE DEC 1 3.1 5.4 -2.3 18.7 SINCE JUL 1 3.8 17.2 -13.4 31.2 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 51 -7 61 MONTH TO DATE 1070 907 163 1030 SINCE DEC 1 1070 907 163 1030 SINCE JUL 1 2798 2963 -165 2845 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 88 400 PM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 58 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 -42 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 20 2009......SUNRISE 825 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST DECEMBER 21 2009......SUNRISE 825 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$