CDUS43 KBIS 170034 CLIMOT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK, ND 734 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE MINOT ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1897 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 54 4:59 PM 85 1914 57 -3 49 MINIMUM 27 7:14 AM 10 1919 34 -7 46 1939 AVERAGE 41 46 -5 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.01 1.05 1980 0.04 -0.03 0.68 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 0.68 0.19 2.07 SINCE SEP 1 4.55 2.25 2.30 4.01 SINCE JAN 1 15.71 15.37 0.34 17.49 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 24 19 5 17 MONTH TO DATE 244 250 -6 210 SINCE SEP 1 397 444 -47 316 SINCE JUL 1 411 488 -77 371 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 13 SINCE SEP 1 35 47 -12 62 SINCE JAN 1 527 550 -23 451 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 4:00 AM LOWEST 32 5:00 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE MINOT ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 87 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 5 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 8:06 AM CDT SUNSET 6:54 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 8:08 AM CDT SUNSET 6:52 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$