Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
640 CXUS53 KABR 011321 CLMPIR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 721 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE PIERRE SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 76 12/03/1941 LOW -31 12/30/1990 HIGHEST 67 12/07 32 35 50 12/04 LOWEST 8 12/31 MM MM -17 12/21 12/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.3 32.4 9.9 25.3 AVG. MINIMUM 20.6 13.2 7.4 6.7 MEAN 31.5 22.8 8.7 16.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 14.2 -12.2 18 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.6 0.4 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 4.6 -4.6 11 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.91 1951 MINIMUM T 2001 TOTALS 1.23 0.64 0.59 1.91 DAYS >= .01 5 5.6 -0.6 8 DAYS >= .10 3 1.9 1.1 5 DAYS >= .50 1 0.1 0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 31.3 1951 SNOW DEPTH 27 12/27/1950 12/05/2005 TOTALS 7.5 6.2 1.3 19.1 SINCE 7/1 10.9 13.8 -2.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 7 DAYS >= TRACE 7 5.2 1.8 15 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.4 -0.4 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 12/26 17 12/17 12/27 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1031 1308 -277 1511 SINCE 7/1 2449 2910 -461 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 988 836 152 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/07 LATEST 05/02 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 5/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/300 DATE 12/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/300 DATE 12/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$