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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
151 AM CST THU FEB 5 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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         26    616 PM  52    1991  25      1       21       
  MINIMUM          8    859 AM -39    1907   4      4        8       
  AVERAGE         17                        14      3       15      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.26 2008   0.01  -0.01     0.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.04  -0.04     0.29    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.24                      0.93   1.31     0.63    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.83                      0.49   0.34     0.40    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.9  2008   0.3   -0.3      3.9     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.2   -1.2      4.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     49.3                      18.2   31.1     12.2     
  SINCE JUL 1     61.8                      30.0   31.8     13.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      10                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       48                        51     -3       50       
  MONTH TO DATE  211                       208      3      196       
  SINCE DEC 1   3748                      3458    290     3384       
  SINCE JUL 1   5563                      5514     49     5224       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  45 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     74          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        56      1991                    
                                             1963                    
                                             1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    4       -39      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  5 2009......SUNRISE   802 AM CST   SUNSET   553 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  6 2009......SUNRISE   800 AM CST   SUNSET   555 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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