224 CDUS43 KBIS 050022 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 722 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0700 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 62 508 PM 77 1991 51 11 49 1930 1912 MINIMUM 29 648 AM 4 1920 26 3 27 AVERAGE 46 39 7 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.24 1875 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.14 -0.13 T SINCE MAR 1 0.54 1.01 -0.47 1.56 SINCE JAN 1 1.32 1.95 -0.63 3.26 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 3.3 1947 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.9 -0.9 T SINCE MAR 1 0.5 10.0 -9.5 13.7 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 47.5 -33.9 72.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 19 26 -7 27 MONTH TO DATE 57 108 -51 109 SINCE MAR 1 725 1196 -471 1462 SINCE JUL 1 6224 7627 -1403 8189 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 200 AM LOWEST 23 200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 79 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -1 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$