240 CDUS43 KBIS 040720 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 220 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 79 322 PM 87 1987 64 15 70 1922 MINIMUM 41 711 AM 16 1989 37 4 43 AVERAGE 60 51 9 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.93 1915 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.96 1.73 -0.77 3.60 SINCE JAN 1 21.34 15.54 5.80 20.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2000 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 14 -9 8 MONTH TO DATE 6 42 -36 45 SINCE SEP 1 227 273 -46 301 SINCE JUL 1 233 328 -95 321 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 95 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2011.......SUNRISE 745 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2011.......SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$