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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
1241 AM CST THU JAN 29 2004

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM        -16    139 PM  46    1919  23    -39       35       
  MINIMUM        -24    854 AM -39    1966   1    -25        6       
  AVERAGE        -20                        12    -32       21      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.28 1916   0.02   0.03     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.39   0.04     0.26    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.91                      0.83   0.08     0.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.39   0.04     0.26    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.5           5.2  1996   0.3    1.2      1.1     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       7.9    3.4      5.2     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.6                      16.1    3.5     10.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     32.6                      27.9    4.7     19.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       9                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       85                        54     31       44       
  MONTH TO DATE 1547                      1551     -4     1441       
  SINCE DEC 1   2813                      3090   -277     2740       
  SINCE JUL 1   4792                      5146   -354     4798       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  38 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        59      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    1       -39      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 29 2004.......SUNRISE   812 AM CST   SUNSET   541 PM CST   
JANUARY 30 2004.......SUNRISE   810 AM CST   SUNSET   543 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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