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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
137 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         60    342 PM  85    1910  66     -6       68       
  MINIMUM         37    723 AM  15    2000  38     -1       42       
  AVERAGE         49                        52     -3       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.48 1982   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.56   0.00     0.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      3.14   3.18     5.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.63                     21.44   6.19    29.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.6  1970   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1959                          
  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       16                        13      3       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        93     -6       94       
  SINCE SEP 1    152                       269   -117      179       
  SINCE JUL 1    174                       299   -125      264       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
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)   65        89      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1906                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 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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