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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1230 AM CST THU FEB 17 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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         31    227 PM  64    1981  32     -1       25       
  MINIMUM         14   1128 PM -30    1936  11      3        5       
  AVERAGE         23                        21      2       15      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.68 1932   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      0.21   0.80     0.83    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.56                      1.24   0.32     2.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.45                      0.72   0.73     1.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           8.0  1938   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.0                       3.2   -0.2     15.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      17.6   -4.6     41.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     13.0                      26.3  -13.3     49.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        44     -2       50       
  MONTH TO DATE  555                       742   -187      868       
  SINCE DEC 1   3277                      3741   -464     3630       
  SINCE JUL 1   4731                      5461   -730     5274       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  87 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
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)   32        70      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   11       -21      1958                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2005......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   600 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   602 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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