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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
704 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2012

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...THE BISMARCK ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              79   11/07/1999
 LOW              -30   11/29/1985
HIGHEST            56   11/07                         62  11/23
LOWEST              3   11/13                          0  11/20
                        11/12
AVG. MAXIMUM     37.8              39.6    -1.8     44.3
AVG. MINIMUM     19.4              18.8     0.6     18.4
MEAN             28.6              29.2    -0.6     31.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      8               8.8    -0.8        3
DAYS MIN <= 32     29              27.3     1.7       28
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.9    -1.9        1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.10   1896
 MINIMUM         0.00   1990
TOTALS           1.07              0.71    0.36     0.06
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.02    0.02     0.00
DAYS >= .01         5               7.0    -2.0        2
DAYS >= .10         2               1.9     0.1        0
DAYS >= .50         1               0.3     0.7        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.82   11/09 TO 11/10              0.04

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           31.0   5
                        0
                        -26215
TOTALS           10.5               8.8     1.7      0.6
SINCE 7/1        10.5              11.2    -0.7      0.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      2                 3      -1        0
DAYS >= 1.0         2               2.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         9   11/11                          0  MM
                        11/10
 24 HR TOTAL      9.1   MM                           0.2

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1082              1074       8
 SINCE 7/1       1997              1986      11
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/330    DATE  11/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/280    DATE  11/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           11
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          3     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                7     SLEET                      0
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      7

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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NOVEMBER 2012 WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL.
PRECIPITATION MEASURED 1.07 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.36 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL
TOTALED 10.5 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOW FELL EARLY IN THE
MONTH AND THE SNOW DEPTH WAS ONLY A TRACE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.

LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER...THE NORMAL HIGHS START OUT AROUND 30 AND DROP TO THE
LOWER 20S BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOWS START OUT AROUND 10 AND DROP
TO JUST ABOVE ZERO BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER IS 9.3 INCHES.

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