000 CDUS43 KFSD 150645 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1245 AM CST TUE FEB 15 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 51 253 PM 66 1954 31 20 15 MINIMUM 31 817 AM -28 1936 10 21 -6 AVERAGE 41 20 21 5 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 1969 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 0.17 0.84 0.83 SINCE DEC 1 1.56 1.20 0.36 2.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.45 0.68 0.77 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.8 1969 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.0 2.8 0.2 15.8 SINCE DEC 1 13.0 17.2 -4.2 41.5 SINCE JUL 1 13.0 25.9 -12.9 49.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 45 -21 60 MONTH TO DATE 479 654 -175 753 SINCE DEC 1 3201 3653 -452 3515 SINCE JUL 1 4655 5373 -718 5159 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 73 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. 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) 32 63 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -21 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 15 2005......SUNRISE 725 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE 724 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$