Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
473 CXUS53 KFSD 012034 CLMMHE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 334 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MITCHELL SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 04/22/1980 04/25/1962 LOW 1 04/01/1924 HIGHEST 92 04/13 MM MM 91 04/13 LOWEST 24 04/04 MM MM 19 04/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.6 58.7 2.9 60.4 AVG. MINIMUM 37.9 35.1 2.8 33.4 MEAN 49.8 46.9 2.9 46.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.2 0.8 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.8 -0.8 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 10.8 0.2 16 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.34 1927 MINIMUM 0.05 1934 TOTALS 4.20 2.07 2.13 0.53 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.02 DAYS >= .01 8 8.5 -0.5 5 DAYS >= .10 7 4.4 2.6 3 DAYS >= .50 4 1.3 2.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.4 1.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.26 04/16 TO 04/16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.2 2013 TOTALS 1.5 MM MM T SINCE 7/1 24.1 MM MM 58.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 04/01 1 04/01 04/02 04/02 24 HR TOTAL 1.5 04/01 TO 04/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 455 546 -91 545 SINCE 7/1 5972 6905 -933 7443 COOLING TOTAL 5 2 3 10 SINCE 1/1 5 3 2 10 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/130 DATE 04/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/110 DATE 04/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$