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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
132 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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         51    441 PM  88    1980  66    -15       66       
  MINIMUM         28    629 AM  17    1974  39    -11       52       
  AVERAGE         40                        52    -12       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.35 1970   0.07  -0.07     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.49   1.07     0.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      3.07   3.25     5.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.63                     21.37   6.26    29.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1970   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       25                        13     12        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        80     -9       84       
  SINCE SEP 1    136                       256   -120      169       
  SINCE JUL 1    158                       286   -128      254       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
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        85      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        15      2000                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   655 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 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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