013 CDUS43 KBIS 190743 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 143 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18 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 8 819 AM 56 1908 23 -15 0 MINIMUM -11 1159 PM -44 1950 2 -13 -18 AVERAGE -1 12 -13 -9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.23 1979 0.01 -0.01 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.27 -0.23 0.61 SINCE DEC 1 0.51 0.76 -0.25 2.01 SINCE JAN 1 0.04 0.27 -0.23 0.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.5 1979 0.3 -0.3 0.5 MONTH TO DATE 0.4 5.6 -5.2 9.3 SINCE DEC 1 3.7 14.9 -11.2 30.4 SINCE JUL 1 4.3 26.1 -21.8 43.9 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 66 52 14 74 MONTH TO DATE 733 948 -215 1056 SINCE DEC 1 1961 2462 -501 2706 SINCE JUL 1 3695 4448 -753 4573 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 600 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 60 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 -39 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 19 2012.......SUNRISE 821 AM CST SUNSET 527 PM CST JANUARY 20 2012.......SUNRISE 820 AM CST SUNSET 528 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$