812 CDUS43 KBIS 130719 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 119 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2011 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12 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 24 417 PM 56 1924 27 -3 3 MINIMUM 16 550 AM -31 1917 7 9 -14 AVERAGE 20 17 3 -5 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.23 1963 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.18 -0.05 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 0.13 0.18 -0.05 0.78 SINCE JAN 1 22.88 17.54 5.34 22.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.1 1983 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.0 3.3 -1.3 11.6 SINCE DEC 1 2.0 3.3 -1.3 11.6 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 14.5 -11.9 25.1 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 48 -3 70 MONTH TO DATE 558 553 5 662 SINCE DEC 1 558 553 5 662 SINCE JUL 1 2292 2539 -247 2529 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 425 520 -95 507 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 80 400 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 62 1876 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 7 -33 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 13 2011......SUNRISE 819 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST DECEMBER 14 2011......SUNRISE 820 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$