096 CDUS43 KBIS 110028 CLIMOT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 728 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE MINOT ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 33 409 PM 86 1942 58 -25 68 MINIMUM 28 753 AM 3 1919 36 -8 40 AVERAGE 31 47 -16 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.75 1923 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.44 0.17 0.04 SINCE SEP 1 1.57 1.90 -0.33 2.00 SINCE JAN 1 9.95 15.34 -5.39 7.33 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 34 18 16 11 MONTH TO DATE 268 159 109 149 SINCE SEP 1 595 408 187 337 SINCE JUL 1 638 479 159 347 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 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 600 AM LOWEST 69 1200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE MINOT ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 86 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 12 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 757 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 759 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$