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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
149 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         62    146 AM  94    1963  67     -5       74       
  MINIMUM         37   1159 PM  20    1952  40     -3       41       
  AVERAGE         50                        53     -3       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          4.04 1911   0.07  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.35   1.21     0.47    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      2.93   3.39     5.59    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.63                     21.23   6.40    29.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1954                          
  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       15                        12      3        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        55    -35       75       
  SINCE SEP 1     85                       231   -146      160       
  SINCE JUL 1    107                       261   -154      245       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                         4     15        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    164                        68     96      114       
  SINCE JAN 1    862                       747    115      515       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  20 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
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)   66        87      1993                    
                                             1963                    
                                             1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        21      1898                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   659 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 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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