032 CDUS43 KBIS 090028 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 727 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 57 535 PM 96 1934 66 -9 77 MINIMUM 44 608 AM 22 1980 40 4 49 1945 AVERAGE 51 53 -2 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 2.65 1927 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.82 0.52 0.30 0.07 SINCE MAR 1 3.06 2.65 0.41 3.98 SINCE JAN 1 3.84 3.59 0.25 5.68 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.5 1892 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 T SINCE MAR 1 0.5 13.6 -13.1 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 51.1 -37.5 85.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 14 12 2 2 MONTH TO DATE 76 108 -32 117 SINCE MAR 1 1274 1832 -558 2210 SINCE JUL 1 6773 8263 -1490 8937 COOLING TODAY 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) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2012...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 903 PM CDT MAY 9 2012...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 904 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$