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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
223 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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         67    422 PM  96    1980  71     -4       71       
  MINIMUM         42    411 AM  29    1963  45     -3       33       
                                      1882                          
  AVERAGE         55                        58     -3       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.93 1962   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      1.42  -0.99     0.37    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.85                      3.73   0.12     1.55    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.46                      4.69   0.77     2.07    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.3   -0.3      0.5     
  SINCE MAR 1     29.8                      13.3   16.5      2.7     
  SINCE JUL 1    100.3                      50.3   50.0     19.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         8      2       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  270                       239     31      287       
  SINCE MAR 1   2317                      2008    309     2031       
  SINCE JUL 1   9104                      8643    461     8518       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                        10    -10        1       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                        10    -10        1       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  76 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        93      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        24      1963                    
                                             1882                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 22 2009...........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   920 PM CDT   
MAY 23 2009...........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   921 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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