803 CDUS43 KBIS 130714 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 213 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 52 238 PM 92 1880 68 -16 49 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 20 1888 42 0 38 AVERAGE 47 55 -8 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 2005 0.07 -0.07 0.34 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 0.78 -0.13 1.29 SINCE MAR 1 4.56 3.09 1.47 5.43 SINCE JAN 1 6.26 4.05 2.21 6.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2005 0.0 0.0 0.0 2000 MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 27.1 13.3 13.8 9.2 SINCE JUL 1 85.4 50.3 35.1 55.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 11 7 21 MONTH TO DATE 164 155 9 260 SINCE MAR 1 2257 1924 333 1731 SINCE JUL 1 8984 8559 425 8378 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 61 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 27 2004 1953 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2011...........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 908 PM CDT MAY 14 2011...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 909 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$