220 CDUS43 KFSD 082221 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 421 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2020 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 2020... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 54 3:08 PM 60 1970 30 24 38 MINIMUM 22 4:48 AM -22 1927 12 10 23 AVERAGE 38 21 17 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.61 1963 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.22 -0.22 0.01 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.22 -0.22 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 15.81 25.91 -10.10 38.31 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 8.0 1963 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.4 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.4 SINCE JUL 1 10.3 10.9 -0.6 9.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 27 44 -17 34 MONTH TO DATE 243 341 -98 299 SINCE DEC 1 243 341 -98 299 SINCE JUL 1 1774 2053 -279 1948 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1111 690 421 830 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 5:00 AM LOWEST 35 2:00 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 61 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 11 -19 1917 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 8 2020......SUNRISE 7:48 AM CST SUNSET 4:50 PM CST DECEMBER 9 2020......SUNRISE 7:49 AM CST SUNSET 4:50 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$