000 CDUS43 KFSD 290626 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1226 AM CST TUE MAR 29 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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 74 435 PM 82 1910 50 24 55 MINIMUM 31 628 AM -5 1899 26 5 40 AVERAGE 53 38 15 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.37 1981 0.07 -0.07 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 1.58 -0.52 2.03 SINCE MAR 1 1.06 1.58 -0.52 2.03 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.60 0.02 3.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1900 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 13.4 7.5 5.9 7.4 SINCE MAR 1 13.4 7.5 5.9 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.4 36.5 -9.1 56.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 27 -15 17 MONTH TO DATE 924 912 12 734 SINCE MAR 1 924 912 12 734 SINCE JUL 1 6115 6867 -752 6431 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 73 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 82 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 29 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM CST SUNSET 650 PM CST MARCH 30 2005.........SUNRISE 612 AM CST SUNSET 652 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$