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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
153 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         43    159 PM  87    1993  66    -23       70       
                                      1963                          
                                      1958                          
  MINIMUM         35    802 AM  21    1898  39     -4       53       
  AVERAGE         39                        53    -14       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.09 1982   0.07  -0.07     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.42   1.14     0.54    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      3.00   3.32     5.66    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.63                     21.30   6.33    29.68    
                                                                     
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       26                        12     14        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   46                        67    -21       78       
  SINCE SEP 1    111                       243   -132      163       
  SINCE JUL 1    133                       273   -140      248       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
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)   66        88      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        17      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   655 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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