000 CDUS43 KFSD 100633 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1228 AM CST THU MAR 10 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 38 511 PM 63 1967 40 -2 52 MINIMUM 15 511 AM -14 1984 19 -4 28 AVERAGE 27 30 -3 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.56 1992 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.38 -0.38 0.42 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.38 -0.38 0.42 SINCE JAN 1 1.56 1.40 0.16 2.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.1 1992 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 2.0 -2.0 2.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 2.0 -2.0 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 14.0 31.0 -17.0 51.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 35 3 25 MONTH TO DATE 282 331 -49 265 SINCE MAR 1 282 331 -49 265 SINCE JUL 1 5473 6286 -813 5962 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 50 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST LOWEST AVERAGE .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 71 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -18 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2005.........SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST MARCH 11 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$