000 CDUS43 KFSD 210635 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1227 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 35 430 PM 73 1911 46 -11 50 MINIMUM 13 642 AM -2 1965 23 -10 24 1951 AVERAGE 24 34 -10 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.60 1932 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 1.02 0.04 1.06 SINCE MAR 1 1.06 1.02 0.04 1.06 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.04 0.58 2.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.5 1927 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 13.4 5.3 8.1 7.4 SINCE MAR 1 13.4 5.3 8.1 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.4 34.3 -6.9 56.6 SNOW DEPTH 8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 30 11 28 MONTH TO DATE 708 686 22 588 SINCE MAR 1 708 686 22 588 SINCE JUL 1 5899 6641 -742 6285 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 20 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 83 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -11 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 642 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$