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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
745 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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    522 PM  88    1906  61    -27       45       
  MINIMUM         25    702 AM  10    1917  34     -9       36       
  AVERAGE         30                        48    -18       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.84 2008   0.04  -0.01     0.84    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.07                      0.56   0.51     1.27    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.31                      2.17   0.14     3.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.03                     14.98   6.05    14.59    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.5           0.6  2009   0.1    0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       0.4    0.2      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.6                       0.6    0.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.6                       0.6    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        18     17       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  316                       187    129      163       
  SINCE SEP 1    396                       443    -47      363       
  SINCE JUL 1    462                       506    -44      383       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     83                        30     53       26       
  SINCE JAN 1    331                       471   -140      524       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        89      1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34         8      1909                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2009.......SUNRISE   758 AM CDT   SUNSET   659 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 14 2009.......SUNRISE   800 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 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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