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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
1225 AM CST MON FEB 17 2003

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2003

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    605 PM  57    1981  29      6       50       
  MINIMUM         10    315 AM -45    1936   8      2       23       
  AVERAGE         23                        19      4       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.20 1885   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.27  -0.13     0.03    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.72                      1.16  -0.44     0.49    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.40                      0.72  -0.32     0.36    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    3.5                                               
  SINCE DEC 1     14.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     22.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        47     -5       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  831                       796     35      610       
  SINCE DEC 1   3691                      4046   -355     3377       
  SINCE JUL 1   5749                      6102   -353     5004       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  97 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     69           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        59      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    9       -30      1903                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2003......SUNRISE   744 AM CST   SUNSET   610 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 18 2003......SUNRISE   743 AM CST   SUNSET   612 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.