AFOS product CLIBIS
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
325 
CDUS43 KBIS 220734
CLIBIS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
232 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004

................................... 

...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         55    536 PM  93    1980  59     -4       68       
  MINIMUM         33   1159 PM  18    1936  33      0       32       
  AVERAGE         44                        46     -2       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.44 1885   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.69                      0.94  -0.25     0.79    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.94                      1.79   0.15     1.22    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.84                      2.75   0.09     1.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.4  1924   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         3.2   -3.2      0.8     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.3                      12.2   -5.9      8.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     46.2                      49.2   -3.0     33.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        19      2       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  425                       504    -79      433       
  SINCE MAR 1   1338                      1613   -275     1662       
  SINCE JUL 1   7726                      8248   -522     8063       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        5       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        5       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        5       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  79 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          0600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        89      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        14      1909                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 22 2004.........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 PM CDT   
APRIL 23 2004.........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$