000 CDUS43 KFSD 240649 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1246 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 45 218 PM 57 1899 27 18 5 MINIMUM 27 800 AM -28 1990 5 22 -7 AVERAGE 36 16 20 -1 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.34 1938 0.01 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.43 0.07 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.50 0.43 0.07 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 31.18 24.60 6.58 30.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1996 0.2 -0.2 T 1987 MONTH TO DATE 5.5 5.3 0.2 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.5 5.3 0.2 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 14.0 5.8 0.2 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 49 -20 66 MONTH TO DATE 1179 1037 142 894 SINCE DEC 1 1179 1037 142 894 SINCE JUL 1 2566 2757 -191 2348 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 W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 42 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 45 1936 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 5 -23 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE 758 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST DECEMBER 25 2005......SUNRISE 759 AM CST SUNSET 456 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$