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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
124 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    308 PM  98    1968  82     -3       80       
                                      1959                          
                                      1947                          
  MINIMUM         54    536 AM  40    2004  58     -4       40       
  AVERAGE         67                        70     -3       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.28 2002   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.22                      2.04  -0.82     1.92    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.53                      8.46   1.07     9.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.17                     17.33   3.84    22.36    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                         4      7       62       
  SINCE JUN 1     20                        72    -52      151       
  SINCE JUL 1     18                        14      4       80       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         6     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  146                       162    -16       57       
  SINCE JUN 1    640                       585     55      325       
  SINCE JAN 1    666                       625     41      368       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  86 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM                                                       
 LOWEST     MM                                                       
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       
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THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       103      1971                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        41      1904                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT   
AUGUST 23 2005........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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