093 CDUS43 KBIS 240720 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 219 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 42 303 PM 81 1910 43 -1 41 MINIMUM 29 1159 PM -15 1899 22 7 33 AVERAGE 36 33 3 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.87 1950 0.03 -0.03 0.75 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 0.58 0.38 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 0.96 0.58 0.38 0.91 SINCE JAN 1 2.29 1.54 0.75 2.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.8 1950 0.3 -0.3 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 2.7 6.9 -4.2 3.5 SINCE MAR 1 2.7 6.9 -4.2 3.5 SINCE JUL 1 48.9 43.9 5.0 74.0 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 33 -4 28 MONTH TO DATE 781 863 -82 1017 SINCE MAR 1 781 863 -82 1017 SINCE JUL 1 7428 7498 -70 7804 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 N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 79 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -11 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2010.........SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MARCH 25 2010.........SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$