631 CDUS43 KBIS 060745 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 245 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 70 209 PM 97 1926 65 5 68 MINIMUM 47 138 AM 19 1944 39 8 36 AVERAGE 59 52 7 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 1.65 1965 0.06 0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.74 0.32 0.42 0.07 SINCE MAR 1 2.98 2.45 0.53 3.98 SINCE JAN 1 3.76 3.39 0.37 5.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.5 1892 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE MAR 1 0.5 13.5 -13.0 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 51.0 -37.4 85.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 13 -7 13 MONTH TO DATE 39 70 -31 94 SINCE MAR 1 1237 1794 -557 2187 SINCE JUL 1 6736 8225 -1489 8914 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 63 200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 89 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 17 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 900 PM CDT MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 902 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$