Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
867 CXUS53 KFSD 011713 CLMMHE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1213 PM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MITCHELL SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 95 03/30/1943 LOW -23 03/12/1956 HIGHEST 75 03/11 MM MM 47 03/19 LOWEST 7 03/27 MM MM 5 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.5 45.4 4.1 33.2 AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 24.3 0.1 18.1 MEAN 37.0 34.8 2.2 25.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 5.4 -1.4 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 23.6 0.4 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.3 -1.3 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.49 1987 MINIMUM 0.03 1925 TOTALS 0.44 0.93 -0.49 0.65 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 0.02 DAYS >= .01 5 5.7 -0.7 MM DAYS >= .10 2 1.9 0.1 MM DAYS >= .50 0 0.4 -0.4 MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 03/24 TO 03/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 27.0 1956 TOTALS 4.9 MM MM 5.0 SINCE 7/1 22.6 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 10 DAYS >= 1.0 2 MM MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 03/26 15 03/10 03/27 03/11 24 HR TOTAL 3.5 03/24 TO 03/25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 863 935 -72 1211 SINCE 7/1 5517 6360 -843 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/300 DATE 03/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/160 DATE 03/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$