000 CDUS43 KFSD 100655 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1255 AM CST SAT DEC 10 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 24 1159 PM 61 1957 31 -7 36 MINIMUM -6 836 AM -19 1958 10 -16 24 1917 AVERAGE 9 20 -11 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.01 1918 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.23 0.22 0.01 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 0.23 0.22 0.01 0.07 SINCE JAN 1 30.91 24.39 6.52 30.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 2003 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.6 2.5 1.1 T SINCE DEC 1 3.6 2.5 1.1 T SINCE JUL 1 17.9 11.2 6.7 T SNOW DEPTH 9 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 44 12 35 MONTH TO DATE 566 383 183 285 SINCE DEC 1 566 383 183 285 SINCE JUL 1 1953 2103 -150 1739 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 862 747 115 515 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 86 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 54 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -22 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 749 AM CST SUNSET 450 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE 750 AM CST SUNSET 450 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$