000 CDUS43 KFSD 180650 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1250 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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 37 400 PM 70 1981 32 5 32 MINIMUM 13 530 AM -21 1958 11 2 6 AVERAGE 25 22 3 19 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.36 1962 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 0.23 0.78 0.83 SINCE DEC 1 1.56 1.26 0.30 2.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.45 0.74 0.71 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 18.0 1962 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.0 3.4 -0.4 15.8 SINCE DEC 1 13.0 17.8 -4.8 41.5 SINCE JUL 1 13.0 26.5 -13.5 49.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 43 -3 46 MONTH TO DATE 595 785 -190 914 SINCE DEC 1 3317 3784 -467 3676 SINCE JUL 1 4771 5504 -733 5320 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 72 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 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 62 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 11 -21 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE 721 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE 719 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$