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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
127 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         83    345 PM  92    1953  68     15       59       
  MINIMUM         63    659 AM  21    1974  41     22       28       
  AVERAGE         73                        55     18       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1926   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.14  -0.14     0.47    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.76                      2.72   2.04     5.59    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.07                     21.02   5.05    29.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        11    -11       21       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        21    -21       37       
  SINCE SEP 1     65                       197   -132      122       
  SINCE JUL 1     87                       227   -140      207       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         1      7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                         2     10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    157                        66     91      114       
  SINCE JAN 1    855                       745    110      515       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  36 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
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)   68        89      1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        25      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2005.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   704 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   702 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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