Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
000 CXUS53 KFSD 012050 CLMFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 350 PM CDT SUN OCT 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 09/06/1976 09/06/1922 09/06/1913 LOW 13 09/29/1899 HIGHEST 101 09/02 MM MM 95 09/20 LOWEST 44 09/07 MM MM 34 09/28 09/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.6 75.6 7.0 80.1 AVG. MINIMUM 56.4 51.9 4.5 53.3 MEAN 69.5 63.8 5.7 66.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 1.3 3.7 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.8 -0.8 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.26 1986 MINIMUM 0.20 2011 TOTALS 0.51 2.73 -2.22 1.94 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.09 -0.07 0.06 DAYS >= .01 7 8.1 -1.1 5 DAYS >= .10 3 4.6 -1.6 4 DAYS >= .50 0 1.7 -1.7 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.19 09/14 TO 09/15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 22 126 -104 69 SINCE 7/1 25 143 -118 MM COOLING TOTAL 164 89 75 126 SINCE 1/1 1232 839 393 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/150 DATE 09/21 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/150 DATE 09/21 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$