600 CDUS43 KFSD 010624 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1223 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 27 603 PM 66 2000 36 -9 20 MINIMUM 4 738 AM -31 1962 17 -13 1 AVERAGE 16 26 -10 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.41 2012 0.03 -0.03 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 0.60 -0.19 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 2.55 1.85 0.70 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 1.22 1.16 0.06 0.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.4 1951 0.3 -0.3 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 6.2 6.9 -0.7 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 21.9 22.8 -0.9 26.3 SINCE JUL 1 30.2 31.5 -1.3 34.2 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 49 39 10 54 MONTH TO DATE 1379 1219 160 1483 SINCE DEC 1 3993 4138 -145 4726 SINCE JUL 1 5749 5850 -101 6347 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 PM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 68 1992 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -16 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2015.........SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 2 2015.........SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$