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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
131 AM CST SUN JAN 18 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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         34    307 PM  54    1926  20     14       26       
  MINIMUM         29    804 AM -40    1967  -1     30      -13       
  AVERAGE         32                        10     22        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.58 1996   0.01  -0.01     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.83                      0.17   0.66     0.08    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.24                      0.61   1.63     0.31    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.83                      0.17   0.66     0.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          13.2  1996   0.3   -0.3      0.6     
  MONTH TO DATE   15.7                       4.6   11.1      1.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     49.0                      12.8   36.2      6.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     61.5                      24.6   36.9      7.3     
  SNOW DEPTH      16                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        56    -23       58       
  MONTH TO DATE 1022                       946     76      788       
  SINCE DEC 1   2820                      2485    335     2329       
  SINCE JUL 1   4635                      4541     94     4169       
                                                                     
 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    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    44   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  71 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        56      1908                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1       -44      1950                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 18 2009.......SUNRISE   821 AM CST   SUNSET   526 PM CST   
JANUARY 19 2009.......SUNRISE   820 AM CST   SUNSET   528 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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