304 CDUS43 KBIS 170730 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 230 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 19 345 PM 81 2012 40 -21 81 MINIMUM 3 651 AM -11 1875 20 -17 35 AVERAGE 11 30 -19 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.62 1946 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 0.41 0.11 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.52 0.41 0.11 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 1.11 1.35 -0.24 0.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.4 1902 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.2 5.0 -2.8 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 2.2 5.0 -2.8 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 30.8 42.5 -11.7 13.6 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 54 35 19 7 MONTH TO DATE 658 617 41 429 SINCE MAR 1 658 617 41 429 SINCE JUL 1 6967 7048 -81 5928 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 61 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 74 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -25 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2013.........SUNRISE 751 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT MARCH 18 2013.........SUNRISE 749 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$