728 CDUS43 KBIS 090740 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 140 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 35 711 PM 62 1977 36 -1 31 MINIMUM 33 1159 PM -28 1995 16 17 12 AVERAGE 34 26 8 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.83 2000 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.16 -0.14 T SINCE MAR 1 0.02 0.16 -0.14 T SINCE JAN 1 1.35 1.12 0.23 1.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 2002 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE T 2.4 -2.4 T SINCE MAR 1 T 2.4 -2.4 T SINCE JUL 1 46.2 39.4 6.8 70.5 SNOW DEPTH 14 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 39 -8 43 MONTH TO DATE 307 325 -18 391 SINCE MAR 1 307 325 -18 391 SINCE JUL 1 6954 6960 -6 7178 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 92 1100 AM AVERAGE 96 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 66 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -25 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2010.........SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 640 PM CST MARCH 10 2010.........SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 642 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$