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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
124 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 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          7    208 PM  47    1962  21    -14       25       
  MINIMUM         -5   1200 AM -44    1887   0     -5       -8       
  AVERAGE          1                        10     -9        9      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.23 1907   0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.41                      0.46   0.95     0.23    
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.02  -0.02     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3                       0.2    0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.3                       0.4   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     33.6                       8.6   25.0      4.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     46.1                      20.4   25.7      5.6     
  SNOW DEPTH      11                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       64                        55      9       56       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                       109      9      114       
  SINCE DEC 1   1912                      1648    264     1655       
  SINCE JUL 1   3727                      3704     23     3495       
                                                                     
 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     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  18 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     71           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        49      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1       -31      1919                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  3 2009.......SUNRISE   828 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
JANUARY  4 2009.......SUNRISE   828 AM CST   SUNSET   509 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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