563 CDUS43 KBIS 030729 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 229 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 88 321 PM 93 1997 65 23 60 MINIMUM 45 706 AM 18 1999 38 7 27 AVERAGE 67 51 16 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.18 1898 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.09 -0.09 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.96 1.68 -0.72 3.60 SINCE JAN 1 21.34 15.49 5.85 20.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.3 1950 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 21 MONTH TO DATE 1 28 -27 37 SINCE SEP 1 222 259 -37 293 SINCE JUL 1 228 314 -86 313 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE SEP 1 13 38 -25 0 SINCE JAN 1 413 519 -106 504 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 21 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 87 1987 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2011.......SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2011.......SUNRISE 745 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$