000 CDUS43 KFSD 050653 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 152 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 64 353 PM 92 1905 67 -3 53 MINIMUM 55 839 PM 22 1968 40 15 31 1952 AVERAGE 60 54 6 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.54 2.36 1998 0.07 1.47 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 0.28 1.26 0.47 SINCE SEP 1 6.30 2.86 3.44 5.59 SINCE JAN 1 27.61 21.16 6.45 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 5 11 -6 23 MONTH TO DATE 5 43 -38 68 SINCE SEP 1 70 219 -149 153 SINCE JUL 1 92 249 -157 238 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 4 15 0 SINCE SEP 1 164 68 96 114 SINCE JAN 1 862 747 115 515 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 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) 67 94 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$