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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
135 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2002

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
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         38    102 PM  83    1958  59    -21       48       
  MINIMUM         28    642 AM  18    1966  33     -5       26       
  AVERAGE         33                        46    -13       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          0.79 1980   0.04   0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.44                      0.68  -0.24     0.47    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.06                      2.29  -1.23     1.53    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.54                     15.10  -4.56    20.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE SEP 1      T                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1      T                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        19     13       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  338                       243     95      259       
  SINCE SEP 1    518                       499     19      429       
  SINCE JUL 1    551                       562    -11      443       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     80                        30     50       59       
  SINCE JAN 1    746                       471    275      668       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     70          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        87      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        12      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2002.......SUNRISE   802 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2002.......SUNRISE   803 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.