000 CDUS43 KFSD 020642 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 138 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 46 122 PM 94 1959 65 -19 56 MINIMUM 32 517 AM 21 1997 39 -7 31 AVERAGE 39 52 -13 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.55 1972 0.10 -0.10 0.07 MONTH TO DATE T 0.10 -0.10 0.07 SINCE MAR 1 4.86 4.56 0.30 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 6.42 5.58 0.84 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.1 1967 T 0.0 T MONTH TO DATE T MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 13.4 11.6 1.8 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.4 40.6 -13.2 56.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 13 13 21 MONTH TO DATE 26 13 13 21 SINCE MAR 1 1383 1570 -187 1317 SINCE JUL 1 6574 7525 -951 7014 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 5 5 0 10 SINCE JAN 1 5 5 0 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1100 PM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 22 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2005...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT MAY 3 2005...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$