000 CDUS43 KFSD 050649 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1246 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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 15 753 AM 54 1916 25 -10 12 MINIMUM 2 1159 PM -26 1942 3 -1 -1 AVERAGE 9 14 -5 6 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 0.60 1897 0.01 0.24 T MONTH TO DATE 0.28 0.04 0.24 T SINCE DEC 1 0.39 0.56 -0.17 1.07 SINCE JAN 1 0.28 0.04 0.24 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 5.2 6.0 1897 0.2 5.0 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 5.4 0.8 4.6 0.3 SINCE DEC 1 5.9 7.8 -1.9 13.7 SINCE JUL 1 5.9 16.5 -10.6 21.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 51 5 59 MONTH TO DATE 206 202 4 171 SINCE DEC 1 1417 1635 -218 1387 SINCE JUL 1 2871 3355 -484 3031 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 49 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 -29 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2005.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST JANUARY 6 2005.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 506 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$