000 CDUS43 KFSD 280638 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 137 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 83 230 PM 101 1973 81 2 75 MINIMUM 55 1138 PM 35 1896 56 -1 57 AVERAGE 69 68 1 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.33 1952 0.10 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 1.36 2.64 -1.28 2.76 SINCE JUN 1 9.67 9.06 0.61 10.16 SINCE JAN 1 21.31 17.93 3.38 23.20 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 12 2 62 SINCE JUN 1 23 80 -57 151 SINCE JUL 1 21 22 -1 80 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 166 196 -30 82 SINCE JUN 1 660 619 41 350 SINCE JAN 1 686 659 27 393 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 100 1984 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1911 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$