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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
123 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         59    325 PM  83    1955  55      4       55       
                                      1927                          
  MINIMUM         29    652 AM  10    1936  30     -1       39       
  AVERAGE         44                        43      1       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.87 1998   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      1.65  -0.02     0.82    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.39                      4.23   2.16     5.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.70                     22.53   5.17    29.96    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1918   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.6   -0.6      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.6   -0.6      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.6   -0.6      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        22     -1       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  384                       402    -18      383       
  SINCE SEP 1    449                       578   -129      468       
  SINCE JUL 1    471                       608   -137      553       
                                                                     
 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     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
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)   55        85      1983                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        10      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE   756 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE   758 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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