079 CDUS43 KFSD 040622 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 121 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 73 547 PM 92 1949 66 7 83 MINIMUM 34 459 AM 18 1967 42 -8 52 AVERAGE 54 54 0 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1944 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.32 -0.26 T SINCE MAR 1 6.77 5.09 1.68 1.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.45 6.25 2.20 2.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1966 0.1 -0.1 0.0 1954 1942 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 12.2 13.2 -1.0 1.7 SINCE JUL 1 68.5 44.7 23.8 31.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 12 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 36 8 3 SINCE MAR 1 1290 1593 -303 1254 SINCE JUL 1 6326 7443 -1117 7003 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 4 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 8 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 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 100 300 AM LOWEST 32 700 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1952 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 17 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2016...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 5 2016...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$