154 CDUS43 KBIS 180732 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 232 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 65 447 PM 85 1915 57 8 54 MINIMUM 30 607 AM 10 1953 31 -1 39 AVERAGE 48 44 4 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1878 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.19 0.74 1.45 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 3.25 1.59 1.66 2.82 SINCE JAN 1 4.58 2.55 2.03 4.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.1 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.0 2.8 2.2 T SINCE MAR 1 7.9 11.8 -3.9 29.7 SINCE JUL 1 54.1 48.8 5.3 100.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 21 -4 18 MONTH TO DATE 332 424 -92 466 SINCE MAR 1 1295 1533 -238 1806 SINCE JUL 1 7942 8168 -226 8593 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 23 1200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 12 1988 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2010.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT APRIL 19 2010.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$