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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
128 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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    248 PM  89    1980  65     -3       70       
  MINIMUM         36    622 AM  18    1906  38     -2       35       
  AVERAGE         49                        52     -3       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.54 1973   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.63   0.93     0.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      3.21   3.11     5.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.63                     21.51   6.12    29.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.5  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       16                        13      3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  103                       106     -3      106       
  SINCE SEP 1    168                       282   -114      191       
  SINCE JUL 1    190                       312   -122      276       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 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        88      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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