000 CDUS43 KFSD 220639 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1236 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 29 632 PM 64 1977 34 -5 39 MINIMUM 19 540 AM -19 1918 12 7 17 AVERAGE 24 23 1 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.95 1913 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.07 0.31 0.76 0.83 SINCE DEC 1 1.62 1.34 0.28 2.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.51 0.82 0.69 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.0 1913 0.2 -0.2 0.0 1920 MONTH TO DATE 3.2 4.2 -1.0 15.8 SINCE DEC 1 13.2 18.6 -5.4 41.5 SINCE JUL 1 13.2 27.3 -14.1 49.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 42 -1 37 MONTH TO DATE 747 955 -208 1053 SINCE DEC 1 3469 3954 -485 3815 SINCE JUL 1 4923 5674 -751 5459 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 70 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -17 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 714 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$