000 CDUS43 KFSD 250645 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1239 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 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 41 115 PM 45 1936 27 14 23 1928 MINIMUM 25 1159 PM -23 1983 5 20 -7 AVERAGE 33 16 17 8 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.89 1893 0.01 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.51 0.44 0.07 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.51 0.44 0.07 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 31.19 24.61 6.58 30.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.3 1973 0.2 -0.2 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 5.5 5.5 0.0 0.3 SINCE DEC 1 5.5 5.5 0.0 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 14.2 5.6 0.3 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 49 -17 57 MONTH TO DATE 1211 1086 125 951 SINCE DEC 1 1211 1086 125 951 SINCE JUL 1 2598 2806 -208 2405 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 50 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 5 -21 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 25 2005......SUNRISE 759 AM CST SUNSET 456 PM CST DECEMBER 26 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. $$