214 CDUS43 KBIS 210818 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 312 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 56 359 PM 90 1900 60 -4 40 MINIMUM 38 422 AM 17 1966 32 6 27 AVERAGE 47 46 1 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.00 1921 0.04 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.90 0.75 0.15 1.27 SINCE MAR 1 1.43 1.62 -0.19 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 2.21 2.56 -0.35 4.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.6 1899 0.1 -0.1 0.2 MONTH TO DATE T 3.4 -3.4 10.9 SINCE MAR 1 0.5 12.5 -12.0 24.6 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 50.0 -36.4 82.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 19 -1 31 MONTH TO DATE 382 467 -85 541 SINCE MAR 1 1050 1555 -505 1894 SINCE JUL 1 6549 7986 -1437 8621 COOLING YESTERDAY 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) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 18 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$