048 CDUS43 KBIS 260720 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 120 AM CST FRI FEB 26 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 15 544 PM 68 1958 32 -17 23 MINIMUM -3 612 AM -28 1962 12 -15 6 AVERAGE 6 22 -16 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.02 2000 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.63 0.45 0.18 0.52 SINCE DEC 1 2.24 1.34 0.90 2.76 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 0.90 0.43 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1987 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 12.6 7.3 5.3 3.7 SINCE DEC 1 45.5 24.3 21.2 53.0 SINCE JUL 1 46.2 36.1 10.1 65.5 SNOW DEPTH 18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 59 43 16 50 MONTH TO DATE 1369 1201 168 1233 SINCE DEC 1 4770 4451 319 4770 SINCE JUL 1 6498 6507 -9 6585 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 PM LOWEST 73 1200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 60 1882 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 12 -34 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2010......SUNRISE 728 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2010......SUNRISE 726 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$