591 CDUS43 KBIS 010728 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 128 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 29 440 PM 59 1924 33 -4 24 MINIMUM 22 1008 AM -34 1962 13 9 2 AVERAGE 26 23 3 13 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.57 1951 0.03 -0.03 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.27 0.51 -0.24 0.40 SINCE DEC 1 1.15 1.43 -0.28 1.17 SINCE JAN 1 0.52 0.94 -0.42 0.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.9 1951 0.3 -0.3 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 3.5 8.1 -4.6 5.9 SINCE DEC 1 18.1 26.3 -8.2 11.2 SINCE JUL 1 28.6 37.5 -8.9 11.8 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 42 -3 52 MONTH TO DATE 1203 1314 -111 1192 SINCE DEC 1 4312 4445 -133 3722 SINCE JUL 1 6309 6431 -122 5456 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 500 AM LOWEST 68 1100 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 70 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -28 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2013.........SUNRISE 722 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST MARCH 2 2013.........SUNRISE 720 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$