063 CDUS43 KBIS 310718 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 218 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 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 68 559 PM 100 2008 79 -11 73 MINIMUM 60 517 AM 37 1965 52 8 58 AVERAGE 64 66 -2 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 2.00 1951 0.07 0.01 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 3.81 2.22 1.59 2.74 SINCE JUN 1 12.24 8.28 3.96 8.23 SINCE JAN 1 20.17 13.75 6.42 16.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 37 -32 9 SINCE JUN 1 109 147 -38 81 SINCE JUL 1 6 54 -48 16 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 1 MONTH TO DATE 137 173 -36 213 SINCE JUN 1 394 460 -66 479 SINCE JAN 1 394 477 -83 504 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 87 900 AM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 101 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 32 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2011........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2011.....SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$