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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
130 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2005

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...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         55    255 PM  85    2003  60     -5       60       
  MINIMUM         36   1157 PM   9    1972  34      2       44       
  AVERAGE         46                        47     -1       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.54 1982   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.60                      1.23   0.37     0.58    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.36                      3.81   2.55     5.70    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.67                     22.11   5.56    29.72    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.3  1982   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        18      1       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  214                       263    -49      284       
  SINCE SEP 1    279                       439   -160      369       
  SINCE JUL 1    301                       469   -168      454       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                         4     15        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    164                        68     96      114       
  SINCE JAN 1    862                       747    115      515       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  41 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM                                                       
 LOWEST     MM                                                       
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       
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THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        85      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        13      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2005.......SUNRISE   747 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2005.......SUNRISE   749 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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