WFO Monthly/Daily Climate Data
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  28  22  25   7  40   0    T    T    1  5.4 13 170   M    M  10 16     16 170
 2  28  20  24   6  41   0    T  0.0    1 11.1 17 150   M    M   9 16     23 160
 3  42  22  32  14  33   0 0.03  0.2    1 12.4 22 350   M    M   8 146    31 300
 4  31  12  22   4  43   0 0.36  3.6    4 19.0 27 310   M    M   6 12469  39 310
 5  17   6  12  -7  53   0 0.00  0.0    4 13.6 24 310   M    M   3        32 310
 6   7  -7   0 -19  65   0    T    T    4 11.7 20 310   M    M   5        30 320
 7   1 -12  -5 -24  70   0 0.03  0.3    3  3.8  9  80   M    M   8        13 110
 8   6 -12  -3 -22  68   0    T    T    3  2.3  8 100   M    M   5         9 100
 9   9  -4   3 -17  62   0    T    T    3  4.9 16 310   M    M   4        20 290
10  10  -2   4 -16  61   0 0.00  0.0    3  6.5 13 330   M    M   5        19 320
11   3  -4   0 -20  65   0 0.01  0.1    2  7.9 17  40   M    M  10        21  40
12  -2 -11  -6 -26  71   0    T    T    2  5.4 13 360   M    M   7        17 340
13   1 -13  -6 -27  71   0 0.02  0.3    2  9.0 16 350   M    M   6        25 360
14  -9 -19 -14 -35  79   0 0.00  0.0    2  8.1 16 340   M    M   5        20 360
15  -2 -26 -14 -35  79   0 0.00  0.0    2  2.9 12 140   M    M   1        14 140
16   0 -24 -12 -34  77   0 0.00  0.0    2  6.6 15 160   M    M   6 1      19 140
17  10  -1   5 -17  60   0 0.03  0.9    2  7.5 16 180   M    M  10 1      23 170
18  20  -4   8 -14  57   0    T    T    3  4.6 15 290   M    M   7 1      21 300
19  22  -3  10 -13  55   0 0.00  0.0    3  3.8 12 190   M    M   3 1      14 200
20  27  -4  12 -11  53   0 0.00  0.0    3  7.4 14 150   M    M   6 1      17 140
21  34  13  24   1  41   0 0.12  1.3    3  6.1 13 340   M    M   9 12     17 350
22  49  21  35  11  30   0 0.00  0.0    4  8.4 15 270   M    M   4 1      23 240
23  55  26  41  17  24   0 0.00  0.0    1  7.2 21 190   M    M   6        28 190
24  41  29  35  11  30   0    T    T    T 11.1 25 360   M    M   5        38 350
25  42  23  33   8  32   0 0.00  0.0    T  9.6 20 190   M    M   2 1      27 190
26  49  31  40  15  25   0 0.00  0.0    T 12.7 29 190   M    M   5        40 180
27  45  22  34   8  31   0 0.03    T    0  8.0 25  40   M    M   7 1      33  40
28  34  20  27   1  38   0 0.10  0.8    T 13.0 26 350   M    M   5 16     35 350
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SM  598  121      1454   0  0.73  7.5    230.0          M      167
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AV 21.4  4.3                               8.2 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    29 190                 40 180
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7,8, AND 9 ARE THE OFFICIAL PRECIPITATION
 AMOUNTS FOR SIOUX FALLS, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 12.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.73    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -8.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.13    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    55 ON 23    GRTST 24HR  0.39 ON  3-4       TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -26 ON 15                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   7.5 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   3.8 ON  3-4   6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   4 ON 22, 6  7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:  19    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  28    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  15    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1454    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   3
DPTR FM NORMAL   236    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  19
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5352    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6
DPTR FM NORMAL  -499

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.85 ON 14
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.56 ON 23

[REMARKS]

RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 13TH WITH A HIGH
OF 1 DEGREE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2 BACK IN 1905/2020.

RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 14TH WITH A HIGH
OF -9 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS -1 BACK IN 1936.

RECORD DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH WITH A LOW OF
-26 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS -21 BACK IN 1909.

#FINAL-02-21#


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