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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1236 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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         42    419 PM  62    1981  33      9       42       
  MINIMUM          9    542 AM -21    1903  11     -2       23       
  AVERAGE         26                        22      4       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.03 1962   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      0.25   0.76     0.83    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.56                      1.28   0.28     2.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.45                      0.76   0.69     1.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          13.8  1962   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.0                       3.6   -0.6     15.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      18.0   -5.0     41.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     13.0                      26.7  -13.7     49.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        43     -4       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  634                       828   -194      946       
  SINCE DEC 1   3356                      3827   -471     3708       
  SINCE JUL 1   4810                      5547   -737     5352       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  87 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
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)   33        65      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12       -24      1959                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   603 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 20 2005......SUNRISE   718 AM CST   SUNSET   604 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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