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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1224 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         26    348 PM  58    1987  24      2       47       
  MINIMUM         14   1103 PM -38    1912   2     12       14       
  AVERAGE         20                        13      7       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.68 1910   0.02  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.19   0.21     0.01    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.51                      0.71  -0.20     1.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.40                      0.19   0.21     0.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3           8.0  1910   0.3    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.9                       2.9    6.0      0.6     
  SINCE DEC 1      9.4                       9.9   -0.5     14.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      9.4                      18.6   -9.2     21.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        51     -6       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  642                       610     32      551       
  SINCE DEC 1   1853                      2043   -190     1767       
  SINCE JUL 1   3307                      3763   -456     3411       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  54 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LT FREEZING RAIN                                                   
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  SLEET                                                              
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM           MM                                     
 LOWEST     MM           MM                                     
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       
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THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24        60      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    2       -33      1916                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 13 2005.......SUNRISE   758 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
JANUARY 14 2005.......SUNRISE   757 AM CST   SUNSET   515 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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