951 CDUS43 KFSD 170653 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 153 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 78 531 PM 92 1934 70 8 57 MINIMUM 58 217 AM 23 2014 46 12 23 AVERAGE 68 58 10 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.43 1.85 1991 0.11 1.32 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 1.69 1.18 1.02 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 6.46 -2.26 2.90 SINCE JAN 1 5.42 7.62 -2.20 3.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1916 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 13.4 -11.7 11.1 SINCE JUL 1 31.9 44.9 -13.0 45.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 25 MONTH TO DATE 114 160 -46 235 SINCE MAR 1 1365 1717 -352 1906 SINCE JUL 1 7114 7567 -453 8253 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 12 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 13 17 -4 0 SINCE JAN 1 13 17 -4 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 AM LOWEST 50 600 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 97 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2015...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 847 PM CDT MAY 18 2015...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 848 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$