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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
115 AM CST SUN OCT 30 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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         66    324 PM  86    1937  53     13       71       
  MINIMUM         50   1122 PM  -5    1925  29     21       39       
  AVERAGE         58                        41     17       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.69 1896   0.06  -0.06     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      1.83  -0.20     0.85    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.39                      4.41   1.98     5.97    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.70                     22.71   4.99    29.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.5  1929   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                        23    -16       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  425                       470    -45      411       
  SINCE SEP 1    490                       646   -156      496       
  SINCE JUL 1    512                       676   -164      581       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  40 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
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)   53        88      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         7      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 30 2005.......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   520 PM CST   
OCTOBER 31 2005.......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   519 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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