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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND                                 
131 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2005

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...THE BISMARCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         15    302 PM  56    1914  21     -6       10       
  MINIMUM         -8   1053 PM -40    1887  -1     -7      -10       
  AVERAGE          4                        10     -6        0      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.22 1875   0.01   0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.07   0.04     0.02    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.29                      0.51  -0.22     0.50    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.11                      0.07   0.04     0.02    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.5           4.2  1977   0.3    0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.0                       1.6    0.4      0.7     
  SINCE DEC 1      4.9                       9.8   -4.9      9.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      5.8                      21.6  -15.8     22.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       61                        56      5       65       
  MONTH TO DATE  483                       386     97      446       
  SINCE DEC 1   1808                      1925   -117     1712       
  SINCE JUL 1   3568                      3981   -413     3691       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  28 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    95           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE BISMARCK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        63      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1       -42      1887                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  8 2005.......SUNRISE   827 AM CST   SUNSET   513 PM CST   
JANUARY  9 2005.......SUNRISE   826 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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