581 CDUS43 KBIS 230733 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 132 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 45 426 PM 60 2002 30 15 18 MINIMUM 18 408 AM -26 1910 11 7 -7 AVERAGE 32 20 12 6 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.69 1922 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.36 -0.36 0.54 SINCE DEC 1 0.77 1.28 -0.51 3.07 SINCE JAN 1 0.30 0.79 -0.49 1.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.9 1979 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 6.1 -6.1 4.8 SINCE DEC 1 5.3 24.3 -19.0 44.1 SINCE JUL 1 5.9 35.5 -29.6 57.6 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 45 -12 59 MONTH TO DATE 883 1055 -172 1109 SINCE DEC 1 3413 4187 -774 4497 SINCE JUL 1 5147 6173 -1026 6364 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 63 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 11 -34 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 734 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$