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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
1232 AM CST THU APR 4 2002

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         27    424 PM  82    1921  50    -23       41       
  MINIMUM          7    641 AM  -7    1975  26    -19       31       
  AVERAGE         17                        38    -21       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1946   0.04  -0.04     0.28    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.12  -0.09     0.28    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.82                      0.97  -0.15     0.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.31                      1.93  -0.62     1.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.4                                               
  SINCE MAR 1     18.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     31.1                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       48                        28     20       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  124                        85     39       93       
  SINCE MAR 1   1550                      1226    324     1172       
  SINCE JUL 1   7039                      7953   -914     7953       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  99 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        77      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26         4      1920                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  4 2002.........SUNRISE   617 AM CST   SUNSET   716 PM CST   
APRIL  5 2002.........SUNRISE   615 AM CST   SUNSET   718 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.