501 CDUS43 KBIS 210720 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 119 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 7 1253 AM 60 1877 30 -23 26 MINIMUM 0 1159 PM -28 1949 10 -10 19 1918 1885 AVERAGE 4 20 -16 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.22 0.28 1969 0.02 0.20 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.54 0.35 0.19 0.63 SINCE DEC 1 3.07 1.24 1.83 2.24 SINCE JAN 1 1.67 0.80 0.87 1.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.8 4.6 1969 0.3 2.5 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 4.6 5.8 -1.2 12.4 SINCE DEC 1 43.9 22.8 21.1 45.3 SINCE JUL 1 57.4 34.6 22.8 46.0 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 61 45 16 42 MONTH TO DATE 986 980 6 1089 SINCE DEC 1 4374 4230 144 4490 SINCE JUL 1 6241 6286 -45 6218 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 100 AM LOWEST 69 1000 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 59 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -29 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2011......SUNRISE 737 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST FEBRUARY 22 2011......SUNRISE 736 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$