869 CDUS43 KBIS 070812 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 311 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 49 1048 AM 77 1988 52 -3 67 1910 MINIMUM 26 357 AM 3 1979 27 -1 46 AVERAGE 38 40 -2 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.54 1907 0.03 -0.03 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.21 -0.21 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.83 1.08 -0.25 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 1.42 2.02 -0.60 1.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1907 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.4 -1.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 6.9 10.5 -3.6 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.5 48.0 -12.5 13.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 25 2 8 MONTH TO DATE 177 159 18 76 SINCE MAR 1 1484 1247 237 744 SINCE JUL 1 7793 7678 115 6243 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 53 1200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 85 1988 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 3 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2013.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT APRIL 8 2013.........SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$