000 CDUS43 KBIS 060020 CLIMOT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 619 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE MINOT ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0600 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1905 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 55 304 PM 74 1975 41 14 45 MINIMUM 21 149 AM -16 1935 25 -4 32 AVERAGE 38 33 5 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.53 2008 0.03 -0.03 0.53 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.15 -0.15 0.57 SINCE SEP 1 6.30 3.21 3.09 4.34 SINCE JAN 1 16.64 17.10 -0.46 17.75 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 27 32 -5 26 MONTH TO DATE 135 153 -18 94 SINCE SEP 1 1030 1052 -22 928 SINCE JUL 1 1127 1158 -31 963 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 97 28 69 2 SINCE JAN 1 313 492 -179 322 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE MINOT ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 70 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -9 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 737 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 739 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$