Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
000 CXUS53 KFSD 011851 CLMFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 151 PM CDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 05/30/1934 LOW 17 05/04/1967 HIGHEST 91 05/30 MM MM 94 05/12 05/31 LOWEST 31 05/03 MM MM 33 05/04 05/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.5 70.8 7.7 71.5 AVG. MINIMUM 52.5 47.5 5.0 48.8 MEAN 65.5 59.1 6.4 60.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.5 1.5 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 1.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.42 1898 MINIMUM 0.10 1934 TOTALS 1.28 3.86 -2.58 4.30 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.12 -0.08 0.14 DAYS >= .01 6 12.1 -6.1 11 DAYS >= .10 4 7.1 -3.1 6 DAYS >= .50 1 2.8 -1.8 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 05/13 TO 05/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.0 1944 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SINCE 7/1 65.2 45.3 19.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 89 227 -138 201 SINCE 7/1 7385 7215 170 MM COOLING TOTAL 109 45 64 56 SINCE 1/1 138 51 87 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/090 DATE 05/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/080 DATE 05/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.48 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$