000 CDUS43 KFSD 240649 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1243 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 38 342 PM 70 1958 34 4 34 MINIMUM 12 718 AM -19 1965 13 -1 31 AVERAGE 25 24 1 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 0.82 2000 0.03 0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.12 0.36 0.76 0.83 SINCE DEC 1 1.67 1.39 0.28 2.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.56 0.87 0.69 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.8 4.0 1909 0.2 0.6 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.0 4.6 -0.6 15.8 SINCE DEC 1 14.0 19.0 -5.0 41.5 SINCE JUL 1 14.0 27.7 -13.7 49.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 41 -1 32 MONTH TO DATE 826 1037 -211 1113 SINCE DEC 1 3548 4036 -488 3875 SINCE JUL 1 5002 5756 -754 5519 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 SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST LOWEST AVERAGE .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 61 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -30 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$