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ABUS34 KFSD 250633
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD                              
1233 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2003

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...THE MITCHELL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          9    540 PM  66    1976  36    -27       37       
  MINIMUM         -6    815 AM -24    1993  15    -21       16       
  AVERAGE          2                        25    -23               
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.91                      0.55   0.36     0.19    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.69                      6.56  -0.87     6.29    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.23                      1.02   0.21     0.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE    5.9                                       2.1     
  SINCE SEP 1     17.3                                      19.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.3                                      19.1     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       63                        40     23       38       
  MONTH TO DATE 1074                      1053     21      730       
  SINCE DEC 1   3579                      4003   -424     3174       
  SINCE JUL 1   5311                      5660   -349     4439       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79                                                       
 LOWEST     45                                                       
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THE MITCHELL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        68      1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -21      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2003......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   615 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 26 2003......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   616 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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