000 CDUS43 KFSD 310643 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1231 AM CST MON OCT 31 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 340 PM 88 1950 53 6 44 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 7 1925 29 11 29 AVERAGE 50 41 9 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.22 1979 0.05 -0.02 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.66 1.88 -0.22 0.86 SINCE SEP 1 6.42 4.46 1.96 5.98 SINCE JAN 1 27.73 22.76 4.97 30.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.3 1995 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 T 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 24 -9 28 MONTH TO DATE 440 494 -54 439 SINCE SEP 1 505 670 -165 524 SINCE JUL 1 527 700 -173 609 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 59 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 0 1200 AM LOWEST 0 1200 AM AVERAGE 0 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 13 1993 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2005.......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 519 PM CST NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$