000 CDUS43 KFSD 310644 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1240 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2005 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 34 230 AM 59 2004 25 9 59 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM -29 1917 4 23 30 AVERAGE 31 14 17 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 1.22 1931 0.01 0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.03 0.50 0.53 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 1.03 0.50 0.53 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 31.71 24.67 7.04 30.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.7 6.3 1998 0.2 1.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.5 6.7 1.8 0.5 SINCE DEC 1 8.5 6.7 1.8 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 22.8 15.4 7.4 0.5 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 50 -16 20 MONTH TO DATE 1414 1383 31 1169 SINCE DEC 1 1414 1383 31 1169 SINCE JUL 1 2801 3103 -302 2623 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 54 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 -26 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 500 PM CST JANUARY 1 2006.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$