183 CDUS43 KBIS 212237 CLIMOT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 536 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ................................... ...THE MINOT ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 2015... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 75 334 PM 96 1980 68 7 68 MINIMUM 39 517 AM 26 1963 45 -6 38 AVERAGE 57 56 1 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.60 2005 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.51 1.58 0.93 1.57 SINCE MAR 1 3.47 3.56 -0.09 3.42 SINCE JAN 1 3.94 4.47 -0.53 3.78 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 8 9 -1 12 MONTH TO DATE 316 254 62 366 SINCE MAR 1 1899 2044 -145 2426 SINCE JUL 1 8587 8620 -33 9659 COOLING TODAY 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) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 500 AM LOWEST 22 400 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE MINOT ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 100 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 26 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2015...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 925 PM CDT MAY 22 2015...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 927 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$