331 CDUS43 KBIS 110740 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 139 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 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 35 951 PM 64 2008 37 -2 -1 MINIMUM 33 838 AM -31 1948 17 16 -7 AVERAGE 34 27 7 -4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 0.73 1876 0.02 0.41 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 0.20 0.53 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 0.73 0.20 0.53 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 2.06 1.16 0.90 1.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.3 4.5 1921 0.3 0.0 3.1 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 3.0 -1.6 3.3 SINCE MAR 1 1.4 3.0 -1.6 3.3 SINCE JUL 1 47.6 40.0 7.6 73.8 SNOW DEPTH 12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 38 -7 69 MONTH TO DATE 369 402 -33 516 SINCE MAR 1 369 402 -33 516 SINCE JUL 1 7016 7037 -21 7303 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 89 100 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 67 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -29 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2010.........SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 643 PM CST MARCH 12 2010.........SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 644 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$