113 CDUS43 KBIS 210720 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 220 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 72 509 PM 92 1886 70 2 61 MINIMUM 40 531 AM 23 1931 44 -4 56 AVERAGE 56 57 -1 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.54 1987 0.08 -0.08 0.50 MONTH TO DATE 1.58 1.45 0.13 1.47 SINCE MAR 1 3.82 3.58 0.24 5.38 SINCE JAN 1 4.60 4.52 0.08 7.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE MAR 1 0.5 13.7 -13.2 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 51.2 -37.6 85.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 9 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 161 232 -71 270 SINCE MAR 1 1359 1956 -597 2363 SINCE JUL 1 6858 8387 -1529 9090 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 2 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 3 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 2 3 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 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 96 200 AM LOWEST 28 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 96 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 29 1963 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2012...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 919 PM CDT MAY 22 2012...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 920 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$