681 CDUS43 KBIS 290753 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 151 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 24 409 PM 59 1924 33 -9 31 MINIMUM 2 359 AM -34 1962 13 -11 -2 AVERAGE 13 23 -10 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.57 1951 0.03 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 0.51 -0.11 0.57 SINCE DEC 1 1.17 1.43 -0.26 3.10 SINCE JAN 1 0.70 0.94 -0.24 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 7.9 1951 0.3 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.9 8.1 -2.2 5.5 SINCE DEC 1 11.2 26.3 -15.1 44.8 SINCE JUL 1 11.8 37.5 -25.7 58.3 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 52 42 10 50 MONTH TO DATE 1192 1314 -122 1472 SINCE DEC 1 3722 4445 -723 4860 SINCE JUL 1 5456 6431 -975 6727 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 81 300 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 69 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -17 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 723 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 722 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$