000 CDUS43 KFSD 170646 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1243 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 19 1213 AM 60 1939 28 -9 39 MINIMUM 6 1159 PM -22 1914 7 -1 15 AVERAGE 13 18 -5 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.38 1961 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.36 0.14 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 0.50 0.36 0.14 0.07 SINCE JAN 1 31.18 24.53 6.65 30.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 4.5 1915 0.2 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.5 3.9 1.6 T SINCE DEC 1 5.5 3.9 1.6 T SINCE JUL 1 19.8 12.6 7.2 T SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 52 47 5 38 MONTH TO DATE 837 703 134 536 SINCE DEC 1 837 703 134 536 SINCE JUL 1 2224 2423 -199 1990 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 56 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 7 -24 1922 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2005......SUNRISE 755 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 755 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$