000 CDUS43 KBIS 310722 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 121 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30 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 15 132 PM 49 1890 22 -7 15 MINIMUM 9 216 AM -37 1990 0 9 -22 AVERAGE 12 11 1 -3 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.72 2006 0.01 -0.01 0.19 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.43 0.48 1.41 SINCE DEC 1 0.91 0.43 0.48 1.41 SINCE JAN 1 23.12 16.83 6.29 18.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 10.4 1918 0.3 -0.3 4.1 MONTH TO DATE 19.1 7.9 11.2 33.3 SINCE DEC 1 19.1 7.9 11.2 33.3 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 19.7 0.1 45.8 SNOW DEPTH 13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 53 54 -1 68 MONTH TO DATE 1619 1485 134 1729 SINCE DEC 1 1619 1485 134 1729 SINCE JUL 1 3347 3541 -194 3544 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 AM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 52 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 0 -43 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2009......SUNRISE 828 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST JANUARY 1 2010.......SUNRISE 828 AM CST SUNSET 506 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$