351 CDUS43 KFSD 280802 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 201 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63R 500 PM 63 1895 35 28 14 MINIMUM 27 725 AM -19 1899 16 11 -12 AVERAGE 45 26 19 1 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1948 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.77 0.57 0.20 0.41 SINCE DEC 1 2.56 1.82 0.74 2.55 SINCE JAN 1 1.25 1.13 0.12 1.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.8 1969 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.5 6.6 1.9 6.2 SINCE DEC 1 34.5 22.5 12.0 21.9 SINCE JUL 1 51.8 31.2 20.6 30.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 39 -19 64 MONTH TO DATE 1036 1180 -144 1330 SINCE DEC 1 3698 4100 -402 3944 SINCE JUL 1 4972 5812 -840 5700 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 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 81 700 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 66 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -31 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2016......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST FEBRUARY 29 2016......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$