819 CDUS43 KBIS 190727 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 227 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 46 1158 AM 70 1910 41 5 32 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -20 1875 20 8 19 AVERAGE 37 30 7 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.52 1968 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.43 0.48 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 0.91 0.43 0.48 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 2.24 1.39 0.85 1.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.2 1886 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.7 5.4 -2.7 3.3 SINCE MAR 1 2.7 5.4 -2.7 3.3 SINCE JUL 1 48.9 42.4 6.5 73.8 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 35 -7 39 MONTH TO DATE 626 694 -68 873 SINCE MAR 1 626 694 -68 873 SINCE JUL 1 7273 7329 -56 7660 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 53 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 70 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -14 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2010.........SUNRISE 748 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MARCH 20 2010.........SUNRISE 746 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$