000 CDUS43 KFSD 190640 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 137 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 70 246 PM 98 1934 72 -2 71 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 28 1915 45 4 40 AVERAGE 60 59 1 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.88 1.22 1996 0.11 0.77 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.45 1.90 1.55 1.17 SINCE MAR 1 8.31 6.36 1.95 4.48 SINCE JAN 1 9.87 7.38 2.49 6.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1968 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 5 7 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 219 174 45 174 SINCE MAR 1 1576 1731 -155 1470 SINCE JUL 1 6767 7686 -919 7167 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 11 0 23 SINCE MAR 1 16 16 0 33 SINCE JAN 1 16 16 0 33 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 58 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN 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) 72 97 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 851 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$