385 CXUS53 KBIS 011443 CLMBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 840 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2011 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 68 02/25/1958 LOW -45 02/16/1936 HIGHEST 49 02/15 29 02/06 02/05 LOWEST -32 02/02 -16 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 22.0 28.5 -6.5 18.6 AVG. MINIMUM 2.3 7.8 -5.5 2.5 MEAN 12.1 18.1 -6.0 10.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 20 16.1 3.9 28 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 27.9 -0.9 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 13 9.1 3.9 13 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.74 2000 MINIMUM 0.03 1934 1985 TOTALS 0.57 0.51 0.06 0.63 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 DAYS >= .01 7 7.2 -0.2 9 DAYS >= .10 2 1.6 0.4 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.23 02/19 TO 02/20 0.29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 25.6 1979 TOTALS 5.5 8.2 -2.7 12.6 SINCE 7/1 58.3 37.0 21.3 46.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 9 3.7 5.3 19 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.9 -1.9 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 16 02/03 21 02/17 02/02 02/16 02/01 02/15 24 HR TOTAL 3.0 02/19 TO 02/20 3.7 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1472 1329 143 SINCE 7/1 6727 6635 92 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/290 DATE 02/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/290 DATE 02/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ THE BISMARCK AIRPORT SAW COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH PRECIPITATION SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM WAS SET ON THE 13TH WITH 34 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 32 DEGREES SET IN 2006. THE 13TH ALSO SAW A PEAK WIND GUST OF 56 MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE WEST. THE SNOW DEPTH REACHED 16 INCHES THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH...AND HAD DROPPED TO 6 INCHES BY THE 28TH. SW/LLP