407 CDUS43 KBIS 160740 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 139 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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 44 312 PM 54 1921 23 21 7 MINIMUM 13 1159 PM -44 2009 2 11 0 AVERAGE 29 12 17 4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.21 1943 0.01 -0.01 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.23 -0.19 0.45 SINCE DEC 1 0.51 0.72 -0.21 1.85 SINCE JAN 1 0.04 0.23 -0.19 0.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.4 1928 0.3 -0.3 0.9 MONTH TO DATE 0.4 4.8 -4.4 7.0 SINCE DEC 1 3.7 14.1 -10.4 28.1 SINCE JUL 1 4.3 25.3 -21.0 41.6 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 53 -17 61 MONTH TO DATE 547 790 -243 874 SINCE DEC 1 1775 2304 -529 2524 SINCE JUL 1 3509 4290 -781 4391 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 700 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 54 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 -35 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2012.......SUNRISE 823 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE 822 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$