319 CDUS43 KBIS 270725 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 225 AM CDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 36 250 PM 81 1955 52 -16 49 MINIMUM 18 1141 PM -10 1919 28 -10 28 AVERAGE 27 40 -13 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.01 1996 0.04 -0.04 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 1.08 -0.10 1.29 SINCE SEP 1 1.03 2.67 -1.64 2.25 SINCE JAN 1 13.16 16.48 -3.32 22.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.0 1996 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE T 1.4 -1.4 T SINCE SEP 1 T 1.6 -1.6 T SINCE JUL 1 T 1.6 -1.6 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 25 13 26 MONTH TO DATE 542 494 48 385 SINCE SEP 1 748 725 23 606 SINCE JUL 1 774 780 -6 612 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 14 SINCE SEP 1 33 38 -5 25 SINCE JAN 1 599 519 80 425 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1000 PM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 82 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -3 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2012.......SUNRISE 819 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2012.......SUNRISE 820 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$