042 CDUS43 KBIS 160725 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 224 AM CDT TUE MAR 16 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 38 623 PM 68 1995 40 -2 42 MINIMUM 25 1154 PM -36 1897 19 6 16 AVERAGE 32 29 3 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.68 1902 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.34 0.57 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 0.91 0.34 0.57 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 2.24 1.30 0.94 1.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.8 1902 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.7 4.5 -1.8 3.3 SINCE MAR 1 2.7 4.5 -1.8 3.3 SINCE JUL 1 48.9 41.5 7.4 73.8 SNOW DEPTH 9 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 36 -3 36 MONTH TO DATE 531 588 -57 778 SINCE MAR 1 531 588 -57 778 SINCE JUL 1 7178 7223 -45 7565 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 NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 PM LOWEST 76 100 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 64 1981 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -11 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2010.........SUNRISE 754 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT MARCH 17 2010.........SUNRISE 752 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$