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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1237 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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         48    442 PM  66    1896  36     12       39       
  MINIMUM         20    652 AM -23    1897  14      6       27       
  AVERAGE         34                        25      9       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.13 1958   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.45   0.67     0.83    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.67                      1.48   0.19     2.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.56                      0.96   0.60     1.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1944   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.0                       5.3   -1.3     15.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     14.0                      19.7   -5.7     41.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.0                      28.4  -14.4     49.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        40     -9       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  935                      1158   -223     1214       
  SINCE DEC 1   3657                      4157   -500     3976       
  SINCE JUL 1   5111                      5877   -766     5620       
                                                                     
 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    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
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)   36        63      1895                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1899                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   613 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   615 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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