451 CDUS43 KBIS 060736 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 135 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 13 326 PM 72 2000 35 -22 29 MINIMUM 3 224 AM -25 1919 15 -12 25 AVERAGE 8 25 -17 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 0.95 1983 0.02 0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.10 -0.05 T SINCE MAR 1 0.05 0.10 -0.05 T SINCE JAN 1 1.75 1.06 0.69 1.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.8 4.2 1900 0.3 0.5 T MONTH TO DATE 0.8 1.5 -0.7 T SINCE MAR 1 0.8 1.5 -0.7 T SINCE JUL 1 59.1 38.5 20.6 46.2 SNOW DEPTH 6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 57 40 17 38 MONTH TO DATE 282 206 76 208 SINCE MAR 1 282 206 76 208 SINCE JUL 1 7009 6841 168 6855 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 900 AM LOWEST 70 400 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 66 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -26 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2011.........SUNRISE 714 AM CST SUNSET 636 PM CST MARCH 7 2011.........SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 637 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$