000 CDUS43 KFSD 010652 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1251 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 30 444 PM 54 1904 25 5 30 MINIMUM 22 832 AM -26 1973 3 19 15 AVERAGE 26 14 12 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.18 1977 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.03 0.52 0.51 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 1.03 0.52 0.51 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 31.71 24.69 7.02 30.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1977 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.5 7.0 1.5 0.5 SINCE DEC 1 8.5 7.0 1.5 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 22.8 15.7 7.1 0.5 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 50 -11 42 MONTH TO DATE 1453 1433 20 1211 SINCE DEC 1 1453 1433 20 1211 SINCE JUL 1 2840 3153 -313 2665 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 21 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 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) 25 55 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 -32 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2006.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST JANUARY 2 2006.......SUNRISE 800 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$