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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
1222 AM CST MON FEB 24 2003

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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          1    319 PM  63    1976  32    -31       49       
  MINIMUM        -12   1159 PM -34    1889  11    -23       22       
  AVERAGE         -5                        21    -26       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.30 1883   0.02  -0.02     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.22                      0.41  -0.19     0.07    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.80                      1.30  -0.50     0.53    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.48                      0.86  -0.38     0.40    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2           7.0  1982   0.3   -0.1      0.4     
  MONTH TO DATE    5.1                       6.7   -1.6      1.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.6                      23.7   -8.1      9.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     24.4                      35.5  -11.1     11.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       70                        44     26       29       
  MONTH TO DATE 1203                      1114     89      814       
  SINCE DEC 1   4063                      4364   -301     3581       
  SINCE JUL 1   6121                      6420   -299     5208       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  52 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        55      1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12       -28      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2003......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   621 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 25 2003......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   622 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.