479 CDUS43 KBIS 070740 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 140 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 12 206 PM 66 1937 36 -24 35 MINIMUM -2 1156 PM -26 1996 15 -17 26 AVERAGE 5 26 -21 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 0.42 1983 0.02 0.11 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.12 0.06 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 0.12 0.06 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.88 1.08 0.80 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.1 4.3 1983 0.3 0.8 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.9 1.8 0.1 T SINCE MAR 1 1.9 1.8 0.1 T SINCE JUL 1 60.2 38.8 21.4 46.2 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 60 40 20 34 MONTH TO DATE 342 246 96 242 SINCE MAR 1 342 246 96 242 SINCE JUL 1 7069 6881 188 6889 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 70 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 66 1898 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -21 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2011.........SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 637 PM CST MARCH 8 2011.........SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 638 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$