000 CDUS43 KFSD 040642 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1239 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 17 752 PM 47 1962 25 -8 19 MINIMUM 5 842 AM -27 1919 3 2 7 AVERAGE 11 14 -3 13 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 1949 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.14 0.55 -0.41 1.07 SINCE JAN 1 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1897 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 0.6 -0.4 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.7 7.6 -6.9 13.4 SINCE JUL 1 0.7 16.3 -15.6 21.1 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 54 51 3 52 MONTH TO DATE 150 151 -1 112 SINCE DEC 1 1361 1584 -223 1328 SINCE JUL 1 2815 3304 -489 2972 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 52 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 54 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 -26 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2005.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST JANUARY 5 2005.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$