717 CDUS43 KBIS 050739 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 138 AM CST THU JAN 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55R 314 PM 44 2001 23 32 24 1984 MINIMUM 22 255 AM -41 1968 2 20 -12 AVERAGE 39 13 26 6 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.51 1997 0.01 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.03 SINCE DEC 1 0.47 0.55 -0.08 1.43 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.5 1997 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.3 -1.3 0.9 SINCE DEC 1 3.3 10.6 -7.3 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.9 21.8 -17.9 35.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 52 -26 59 MONTH TO DATE 146 208 -62 252 SINCE DEC 1 1374 1722 -348 1902 SINCE JUL 1 3108 3708 -600 3769 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 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 92 300 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 50 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 -35 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 828 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST JANUARY 6 2012.......SUNRISE 827 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$