000 CDUS43 KFSD 210624 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 123 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 60 622 PM 93 1980 61 -1 53 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 18 1907 34 18 45 AVERAGE 56 48 8 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.26 1917 0.09 -0.05 0.48 MONTH TO DATE 2.45 1.69 0.76 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 3.98 3.50 0.48 2.67 SINCE JAN 1 5.54 4.52 1.02 4.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1893 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.4 -3.4 T SINCE MAR 1 13.4 11.5 1.9 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.4 40.5 -13.1 56.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 17 -8 16 MONTH TO DATE 177 420 -243 337 SINCE MAR 1 1148 1409 -261 1150 SINCE JUL 1 6339 7364 -1025 6847 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 3 SINCE MAR 1 5 0 5 3 SINCE JAN 1 5 0 5 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 5 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 17 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$