534 CDUS43 KBIS 090732 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 132 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 15 853 PM 62 1977 36 -21 35 MINIMUM 1 251 AM -28 1995 16 -15 33 AVERAGE 8 26 -18 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 0.83 2000 0.02 0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 0.29 0.16 0.13 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.29 0.16 0.13 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.99 1.12 0.87 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.8 3.0 2002 0.3 1.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.7 2.4 1.3 T SINCE MAR 1 3.7 2.4 1.3 T SINCE JUL 1 62.0 39.4 22.6 46.2 SNOW DEPTH 9 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 57 39 18 31 MONTH TO DATE 464 325 139 307 SINCE MAR 1 464 325 139 307 SINCE JUL 1 7191 6960 231 6954 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 700 PM LOWEST 76 100 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 66 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -25 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2011.........SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 640 PM CST MARCH 10 2011.........SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$