Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
780 CXUS53 KFSD 011817 CLMFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1215 PM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 63 12/03/1998 12/02/1998 LOW -31 12/29/1917 HIGHEST 61 12/07 MM MM 41 12/02 12/04 LOWEST 11 12/01 MM MM -18 12/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.2 31.6 11.6 25.1 AVG. MINIMUM 24.7 13.4 11.3 9.2 MEAN 34.0 22.5 11.5 17.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 16.3 -14.3 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 30.4 -3.4 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 5.9 -5.9 9 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.97 1945 MINIMUM T 1986 TOTALS 1.85 0.83 1.02 2.59 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.08 DAYS >= .01 5 7.0 -2.0 10 DAYS >= .10 3 2.3 0.7 7 DAYS >= .50 2 0.4 1.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.09 12/23 TO 12/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 41.1 1968 TOTALS 1.3 8.7 -7.4 19.4 SINCE 7/1 2.0 16.3 -14.3 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 5 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.7 -2.7 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 12/28 8 12/26 12/26 12/27 12/27 12/30 24 HR TOTAL 0.9 12/25 TO 12/25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 955 1317 -362 1477 SINCE 7/1 2176 2853 -677 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1277 847 430 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/320 DATE 12/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/320 DATE 12/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.62 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 1 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$