000 CDUS43 KFSD 040631 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 122 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 56 515 PM 92 1949 66 -10 69 MINIMUM 20 508 AM 18 1967 40 -20 28 AVERAGE 38 53 -15 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1944 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.30 -0.30 0.07 SINCE MAR 1 4.86 4.76 0.10 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 6.42 5.78 0.64 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1966 0.0 0.0 0.0 1954 1942 MONTH TO DATE T T 0.0 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 27 12 15 16 MONTH TO DATE 77 37 40 59 SINCE MAR 1 1434 1594 -160 1355 SINCE JUL 1 6625 7549 -924 7052 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 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) 67 91 1952 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 17 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 5 2005...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$