000 CDUS43 KFSD 190626 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1225 AM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 29 414 AM 77 1921 45 -16 47 MINIMUM 22 1159 PM -12 1923 22 0 32 AVERAGE 26 33 -7 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 1.50 1905 0.06 0.67 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 0.89 0.17 1.06 SINCE MAR 1 1.06 0.89 0.17 1.06 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 1.91 0.71 2.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 9.4 R 8.2 1957 0.3 9.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 13.4 4.7 8.7 7.4 SINCE MAR 1 13.4 4.7 8.7 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.4 33.7 -6.3 56.6 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 31 8 25 MONTH TO DATE 620 625 -5 548 SINCE MAR 1 620 625 -5 548 SINCE JUL 1 5811 6580 -769 6245 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -5 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 638 PM CST MARCH 20 2005.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 640 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$