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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
232 AM CDT THU APR 23 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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         77    454 PM  89    1990  59     18       61       
  MINIMUM         36    623 AM  14    1909  33      3       26       
  AVERAGE         57                        46     11       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.79 1904   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.99  -0.90     0.33    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.82                      1.84   0.98     0.78    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.43                      2.80   1.63     1.30    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.6  1904   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         3.3   -3.3      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     29.7                      12.3   17.4      2.2     
  SINCE JUL 1    100.2                      49.3   50.9     18.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                        19    -11       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  548                       523     25      493       
  SINCE MAR 1   1888                      1632    256     1551       
  SINCE JUL 1   8675                      8267    408     8038       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        1       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  88 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1895                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        16      1988                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 23 2009.........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 PM CDT   
APRIL 24 2009.........SUNRISE   639 AM CDT   SUNSET   844 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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