AFOS product CLIBIS
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KBIS 120625
CLIBIS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
123 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

................................... 

...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         51    358 PM  96    1906  67    -16       65       
  MINIMUM         36   1159 PM  24    1952  41     -5       47       
  AVERAGE         44                        54    -10       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.90 1985   0.07  -0.06     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      0.71  -0.29     0.54    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.36                      3.02  -0.66     2.66    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.85                      3.98  -1.13     3.56    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                                               
  SINCE MAR 1     23.5                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     36.4                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        12      9        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  250                       148    102      107       
  SINCE MAR 1   2394                      1949    445     1799       
  SINCE JUL 1   7883                      8676   -793     8580       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2       10       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2       10       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE   3 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1880                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1888                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 12 2002...........SUNRISE   612 AM CDT   SUNSET   907 PM CDT   
MAY 13 2002...........SUNRISE   611 AM CDT   SUNSET   908 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.