313 CDUS43 KBIS 100731 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 131 AM CST THU MAR 10 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 22 530 PM 66 1988 37 -15 35 MINIMUM -9 751 AM -25 1951 17 -26 33 AVERAGE 7 27 -20 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.89 1876 0.02 -0.02 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 0.29 0.18 0.11 0.30 SINCE MAR 1 0.29 0.18 0.11 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 1.99 1.14 0.85 1.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.0 1918 0.3 -0.3 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 3.7 2.7 1.0 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 3.7 2.7 1.0 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 62.0 39.7 22.3 46.3 SNOW DEPTH 10 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 58 39 19 31 MONTH TO DATE 522 364 158 338 SINCE MAR 1 522 364 158 338 SINCE JUL 1 7249 6999 250 6985 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 95 900 AM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -31 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2011.........SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST MARCH 11 2011.........SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 643 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$