Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
275 CXUS53 KABR 011516 CLMATY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1016 AM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 10/01/1951 LOW -2 10/29/1925 HIGHEST 90 10/01 57 33 80 10/11 LOWEST 16 10/29 MM MM 10 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.2 56.2 0.0 60.6 AVG. MINIMUM 37.4 35.2 2.2 33.7 MEAN 46.8 45.7 1.1 47.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.0 1.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 0.8 1.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 11.9 -2.9 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.10 1971 MINIMUM T 1952 TOTALS 2.35 1.95 0.40 0.73 DAYS >= .01 11 7.5 3.5 7 DAYS >= .10 5 3.9 1.1 3 DAYS >= .50 2 1.2 0.8 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 12.6 1995 SNOW DEPTH 4 10/25/2020 TOTALS 0.3 1.4 -1.1 T SINCE 7/1 0.3 1.4 -1.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.1 2.9 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 586 601 -15 546 SINCE 7/1 685 841 -156 MM COOLING TOTAL 30 3 27 0 SINCE 1/1 808 520 288 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/07 MM LATEST 05/03 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/300 DATE 10/06 36/330 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/060 DATE 10/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$