765 CDUS43 KBIS 280722 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 121 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 24 430 PM 65 1932 33 -9 19 MINIMUM 3 1159 PM -27 1962 13 -10 10 AVERAGE 14 23 -9 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.58 1958 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.49 0.08 0.63 SINCE DEC 1 3.10 1.38 1.72 2.24 SINCE JAN 1 1.70 0.94 0.76 1.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.6 1958 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 5.5 7.9 -2.4 12.6 SINCE DEC 1 44.8 24.9 19.9 45.5 SINCE JUL 1 58.3 36.7 21.6 46.2 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 51 43 8 50 MONTH TO DATE 1422 1287 135 1469 SINCE DEC 1 4810 4537 273 4870 SINCE JUL 1 6677 6593 84 6598 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 54 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 59 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -34 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2011......SUNRISE 725 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST MARCH 1 2011.........SUNRISE 723 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$