301 CDUS43 KBIS 090725 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 124 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 30 521 PM 62 1977 36 -6 49 MINIMUM 14 425 AM -28 1995 16 -2 18 AVERAGE 22 26 -4 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.83 2000 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.19 0.30 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.49 0.19 0.30 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 1.08 1.13 -0.05 0.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 2002 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.6 2.5 -0.9 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.6 2.5 -0.9 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 30.2 40.0 -9.8 13.6 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 39 4 31 MONTH TO DATE 327 323 4 281 SINCE MAR 1 327 323 4 281 SINCE JUL 1 6636 6754 -118 5780 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 900 AM LOWEST 72 100 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 66 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -25 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2013.........SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST MARCH 10 2013.........SUNRISE 805 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$