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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
241 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         32    516 PM  82    1921  49    -17       55       
  MINIMUM          6    422 AM -10    1975  25    -19       18       
  AVERAGE         19                        37    -18       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.51 1986   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.73                      0.93   1.80     0.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.34                      1.89   2.45     0.97    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.2  1911   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     29.7                       9.4   20.3      2.2     
  SINCE JUL 1    100.2                      46.4   53.8     18.8     
  SNOW DEPTH      10                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       46                        28     18       28       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                        57     25       63       
  SINCE MAR 1   1422                      1166    256     1121       
  SINCE JUL 1   8209                      7801    408     7608       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        82      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26        -7      1975                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  3 2009.........SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT   
APRIL  4 2009.........SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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