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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1225 AM CST SAT FEB 5 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         61R   434 PM  57    1990  28     33       22       
  MINIMUM         27    753 AM -29    1899   6     21        0       
  AVERAGE         44                        17     27       11      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.92 1945   0.01  -0.01     0.19    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.04  -0.04     0.42    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.55                      1.07  -0.52     2.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.44                      0.55  -0.11     0.94    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          10.5  1945   0.2   -0.2      2.7     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.8   -0.8      8.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     10.0                      15.2   -5.2     34.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     10.0                      23.9  -13.9     42.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        48    -27       54       
  MONTH TO DATE  103                       193    -90      237       
  SINCE DEC 1   2825                      3192   -367     2999       
  SINCE JUL 1   4279                      4912   -633     4643       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  84 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
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)   28        59      1963                    
                                             1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    7       -28      1899                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  5 2005......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   544 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  6 2005......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   545 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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