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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
140 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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         50    347 PM  81    1989  57     -7       70       
  MINIMUM         26    725 AM  17    1955  31     -5       34       
  AVERAGE         38                        44     -6       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.88 1973   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      1.53   0.10     0.82    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.39                      4.11   2.28     5.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.70                     22.41   5.29    29.96    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.8  1981   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        20      7       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  336                       359    -23      344       
  SINCE SEP 1    401                       535   -134      429       
  SINCE JUL 1    423                       565   -142      514       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  87 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
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)   56        80      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        17      1919                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   754 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE   755 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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