213 CDUS43 KBIS 040731 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 131 AM CST THU MAR 4 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 28 243 PM 61 1905 34 -6 30 MINIMUM 19 943 AM -20 1917 14 5 14 1888 AVERAGE 24 24 0 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1966 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.06 -0.06 T SINCE MAR 1 T 0.06 -0.06 T SINCE JAN 1 1.33 1.02 0.31 1.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 15.5 1966 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.9 -0.9 T SINCE MAR 1 T 0.9 -0.9 T SINCE JUL 1 46.2 37.9 8.3 70.5 SNOW DEPTH 17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 41 0 43 MONTH TO DATE 134 125 9 168 SINCE MAR 1 134 125 9 168 SINCE JUL 1 6781 6760 21 6955 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 81 1200 PM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 69 2000 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -33 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2010.........SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 633 PM CST MARCH 5 2010.........SUNRISE 715 AM CST SUNSET 635 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$