Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
930 CXUS53 KFSD 012210 CLMSUX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 510 PM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SIOUX CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1889 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 10/03/1938 LOW 5 10/29/1925 HIGHEST 92 10/01 MM MM 87 10/23 LOWEST 18 10/30 MM MM 14 10/19 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.7 62.8 -0.1 67.6 AVG. MINIMUM 40.5 37.9 2.6 34.6 MEAN 51.6 50.3 1.3 51.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.5 0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.3 0.7 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 9.2 -2.2 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.83 2017 MINIMUM T 1958 TOTALS 4.46 2.20 2.26 0.48 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.02 DAYS >= .01 9 7.6 1.4 2 DAYS >= .10 5 4.4 0.6 1 DAYS >= .50 4 1.3 2.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.5 1.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 10/12 TO 10/12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.8 1991 TOTALS 4.0 0.8 3.2 0.0 SINCE 7/1 4.0 0.8 3.2 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.3 0.7 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4R 10/29 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 4.0 10/28 TO 10/28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 441 464 -23 429 SINCE 7/1 475 601 -126 MM COOLING TOTAL 33 9 24 8 SINCE 1/1 1133 865 268 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/340 DATE 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/290 DATE 10/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$