743 CDUS43 KBIS 092242 CLIMOT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 542 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE MINOT ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 43 243 PM 89 1910 59 -16 51 MINIMUM 35 832 AM 10 1897 37 -2 36 AVERAGE 39 48 -9 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.26 1924 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.40 0.21 0.04 SINCE SEP 1 1.57 1.86 -0.29 2.00 SINCE JAN 1 9.95 15.30 -5.35 7.33 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 26 17 9 21 MONTH TO DATE 233 141 92 138 SINCE SEP 1 560 390 170 326 SINCE JUL 1 603 461 142 336 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 17 33 -16 62 SINCE JAN 1 660 444 216 580 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 65 400 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE MINOT ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 86 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 3 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 756 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 757 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$