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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
745 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2012


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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         48    303 PM  89    2003  56     -8       47       
  MINIMUM         35   1159 PM   5    1960  31      4       19       
  AVERAGE         42                        44     -2       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.15 1908   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.85                      0.81   0.04     1.11    
  SINCE SEP 1      0.90                      2.40  -1.50     2.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.03                     16.21  -3.18    22.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.0  1932   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        21      2       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  368                       331     37      238       
  SINCE SEP 1    574                       562     12      459       
  SINCE JUL 1    600                       617    -17      465       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0       14       
  SINCE SEP 1     33                        38     -5       25       
  SINCE JAN 1    599                       519     80      425       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     60           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        82      1901                    
                                             1875                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        13      1916                    
                                             1896                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE   809 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2012.......SUNRISE   810 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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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