044 CDUS43 KBIS 250730 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 230 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2010 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 65 511 PM 91 1962 60 5 46 MINIMUM 41 1130 PM 19 1934 34 7 28 1919 AVERAGE 53 47 6 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.27 1.00 1953 0.06 0.21 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 2.53 1.10 1.43 0.11 SINCE MAR 1 3.59 1.95 1.64 2.84 SINCE JAN 1 4.92 2.91 2.01 4.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.2 1909 0.1 -0.1 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 5.0 3.5 1.5 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 7.9 12.5 -4.6 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 54.1 49.5 4.6 100.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 18 -6 28 MONTH TO DATE 410 560 -150 582 SINCE MAR 1 1373 1669 -296 1922 SINCE JUL 1 8020 8304 -284 8709 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 26 500 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 90 1891 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 15 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2010.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT APRIL 26 2010.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$