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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
132 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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    851 AM  49    1962  21    -14       37       
  MINIMUM        -12   1159 PM -31    1919  -1    -11        7       
  AVERAGE         -2                        10    -12       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.21 1994   0.01   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.42                      0.47   0.95     0.23    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.03  -0.02     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2                       0.2    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                       0.6   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     33.8                       8.8   25.0      4.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     46.3                      20.6   25.7      5.6     
  SNOW DEPTH      11                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       67                        55     12       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  185                       164     21      157       
  SINCE DEC 1   1979                      1703    276     1698       
  SINCE JUL 1   3794                      3759     35     3538       
                                                                     
 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 (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  22 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64           800 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        44      2001                    
                                             1984                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1       -41      1968                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  4 2009.......SUNRISE   828 AM CST   SUNSET   509 PM CST   
JANUARY  5 2009.......SUNRISE   827 AM CST   SUNSET   510 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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