000 CDUS43 KBIS 250721 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 121 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 11 1220 AM 49 1881 23 -12 6 MINIMUM -1 1052 AM -38 1879 2 -3 -24 AVERAGE 5 13 -8 -9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 0.18 1950 0.01 0.04 0.00 1888 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 0.37 -0.02 1.07 SINCE DEC 1 0.35 0.37 -0.02 1.07 SINCE JAN 1 22.56 16.77 5.79 18.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.9 4.0 1888 0.2 0.7 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.8 6.4 1.4 24.4 SINCE DEC 1 7.8 6.4 1.4 24.4 SINCE JUL 1 8.5 18.2 -9.7 36.9 SNOW DEPTH 6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 60 52 8 74 MONTH TO DATE 1311 1165 146 1384 SINCE DEC 1 1311 1165 146 1384 SINCE JUL 1 3039 3221 -182 3199 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 PM LOWEST 72 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 49 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 -35 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE 827 AM CST SUNSET 500 PM CST DECEMBER 26 2009......SUNRISE 827 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$