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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1238 AM CST SAT JAN 15 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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         -1    346 PM  50    1901  25    -26       40       
                                      1914                          
  MINIMUM        -12   1126 PM -31    1916   2    -14       11       
  AVERAGE         -6                        13    -19       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1952   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.23   0.17     0.01    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.51                      0.75  -0.24     1.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.40                      0.23   0.17     0.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1930   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.9                       3.5    5.4      0.6     
  SINCE DEC 1      9.4                      10.5   -1.1     14.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      9.4                      19.2   -9.8     21.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       71                        51     20       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  773                       712     61      631       
  SINCE DEC 1   1984                      2145   -161     1847       
  SINCE JUL 1   3438                      3865   -427     3491       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM                                                       
 LOWEST     MM                                                       
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       
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THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        55      1914                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    2       -32      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 15 2005.......SUNRISE   757 AM CST   SUNSET   516 PM CST   
JANUARY 16 2005.......SUNRISE   756 AM CST   SUNSET   518 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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