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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
127 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 1 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         30    400 AM  56    1998  22      8       15       
  MINIMUM         -8   1041 PM -41    1887   0     -8       -2       
  AVERAGE         11                        11      0        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.52 1897   0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.41                      0.45   0.96     0.23    
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.01  -0.01     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                         0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     33.3                       8.4   24.9      4.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     45.8                      20.2   25.6      5.6     
  SNOW DEPTH      11                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       54                        54      0       58       
  MONTH TO DATE   54                        54      0       58       
  SINCE DEC 1   1848                      1593    255     1599       
  SINCE JUL 1   3663                      3649     14     3439       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  50 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        47      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    0       -44      1887                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  2 2009.......SUNRISE   828 AM CST   SUNSET   507 PM CST   
JANUARY  3 2009.......SUNRISE   828 AM CST   SUNSET   508 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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