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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
235 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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         35   1237 PM  86    1962  60    -25       68       
  MINIMUM         32    100 AM  14    1876  33     -1       27       
  AVERAGE         34                        47    -13       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.24          0.35 2000   0.04   0.20     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      0.64   0.67     1.27    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.55                      2.25   0.30     3.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.27                     15.06   6.21    14.59    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             0.2  1897   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       0.6    0.0       T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.6                       0.8   -0.2       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.6                       0.8   -0.2       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        19     12       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  380                       224    156      206       
  SINCE SEP 1    460                       480    -20      406       
  SINCE JUL 1    526                       543    -17      426       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     75           200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    88                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        83      1958                    
                                             1953                    
                                             1935                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        18      1966                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 15 2009.......SUNRISE   801 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 16 2009.......SUNRISE   802 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 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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