000 CDUS43 KFSD 070651 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1242 AM CST MON MAR 7 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 70 346 PM 77 1987 39 31 46 MINIMUM 33 645 AM -17 1920 18 15 25 AVERAGE 52 28 24 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.04 1983 0.04 -0.04 0.01 MONTH TO DATE T 0.23 -0.23 0.42 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.23 -0.23 0.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.56 1.25 0.31 2.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1908 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 2.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 14.0 30.2 -16.2 51.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 36 -23 29 MONTH TO DATE 171 225 -54 186 SINCE MAR 1 171 225 -54 186 SINCE JUL 1 5362 6180 -818 5883 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 80 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -11 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2005.........SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$