910 CDUS43 KBIS 020746 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 245 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 75 236 PM 90 1901 64 11 49 MINIMUM 42 1152 PM 18 1911 37 5 28 1909 AVERAGE 59 50 9 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.73 1902 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.06 -0.06 T SINCE MAR 1 2.24 2.19 0.05 3.91 SINCE JAN 1 3.02 3.13 -0.11 5.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.3 1967 0.0 0.0 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE MAR 1 0.5 13.3 -12.8 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 50.8 -37.2 85.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 15 -9 26 MONTH TO DATE 6 15 -9 26 SINCE MAR 1 1204 1739 -535 2119 SINCE JUL 1 6703 8170 -1467 8846 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 94 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1967 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2012...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 855 PM CDT MAY 3 2012...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 856 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$