000 CDUS43 KFSD 072237 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 437 PM CST SAT NOV 7 2009 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 7 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 65 353 PM 74 1904 47 18 34 MINIMUM 41 728 AM -9 1991 25 16 29 AVERAGE 53 36 17 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.85 1944 0.05 -0.05 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.37 -0.36 0.24 SINCE SEP 1 6.74 4.88 1.86 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 20.87 23.18 -2.31 24.00 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 5.5 1924 0.2 -0.2 0.3 MONTH TO DATE T 1.4 -1.4 1.4 SINCE SEP 1 3.5 2.5 1.0 1.4 SINCE JUL 1 3.5 2.5 1.0 1.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 12 29 -17 33 MONTH TO DATE 134 188 -54 107 SINCE SEP 1 914 883 31 704 SINCE JUL 1 960 913 47 707 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 50 68 -18 67 SINCE JAN 1 481 747 -266 709 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 81 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -3 1900 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$