693 CDUS43 KBIS 170755 CLIBIS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 254 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ................................... ...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 65 417 PM 94 1934 69 -4 66 MINIMUM 51 155 AM 22 1925 43 8 37 AVERAGE 58 56 2 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.57R 0.80 1889 0.08 1.49 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.75 1.12 2.63 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 4.57 3.25 1.32 2.93 SINCE JAN 1 5.71 4.19 1.52 3.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 13.7 -12.7 15.3 SINCE JUL 1 23.9 51.2 -27.3 40.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 10 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 192 195 -3 284 SINCE MAR 1 1661 1919 -258 2158 SINCE JUL 1 8022 8350 -328 9010 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 87 800 PM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1972 1934 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2015...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 913 PM CDT MAY 18 2015...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 914 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$