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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
124 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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         -3   1159 PM  54    1921  20    -23       35       
  MINIMUM        -44R   734 AM -36    1971  -2    -42       17       
  AVERAGE        -23                         9    -32       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.21 1943   0.01  -0.01     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      0.15   0.67     0.05    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.23                      0.59   1.64     0.28    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.82                      0.15   0.67     0.05    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.1           2.4  1928   0.3   -0.2      0.3     
  MONTH TO DATE   15.5                       4.0   11.5      0.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     48.8                      12.2   36.6      5.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     61.3                      24.0   37.3      6.4     
  SNOW DEPTH      17                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       88                        56     32       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  941                       834    107      671       
  SINCE DEC 1   2739                      2373    366     2212       
  SINCE JUL 1   4554                      4429    125     4052       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  89 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        54      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1       -35      1890                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 16 2009.......SUNRISE   823 AM CST   SUNSET   523 PM CST   
JANUARY 17 2009.......SUNRISE   822 AM CST   SUNSET   525 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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