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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
124 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2003

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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         59    526 PM  96    1906  68     -9       51       
  MINIMUM         37   1024 PM  24    1952  41     -4       36       
  AVERAGE         48                        54     -6       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.90 1985   0.07  -0.07     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.06                      0.71   1.35     0.42    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.34                      3.02   0.32     2.36    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.82                      3.98  -0.16     2.85    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.8  1953   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      2.2     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.8                      13.3   -4.5     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.2                      50.3  -17.1     36.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        11      6       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  169                       144     25      250       
  SINCE MAR 1   1935                      1913     22     2394       
  SINCE JUL 1   8336                      8548   -212     7883       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         2      3        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         2      3        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  64 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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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 2003...........SUNRISE   613 AM CDT   SUNSET   907 PM CDT   
MAY 13 2003...........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.