Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
219 CXUS53 KFSD 012027 CLMSUX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 327 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SIOUX CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1889 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 04/28/1910 LOW -2 04/03/1975 HIGHEST 86 04/13 MM MM 92 04/12 LOWEST 27 04/04 MM MM 17 04/06 04/19 04/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.3 61.1 3.2 63.7 AVG. MINIMUM 38.6 36.7 1.9 35.8 MEAN 51.5 48.9 2.6 49.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 10 9.8 0.2 9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.73 1984 MINIMUM 0.22 1928 TOTALS 4.28 3.15 1.13 1.25 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.04 DAYS >= .01 11 10.0 1.0 11 DAYS >= .10 6 6.0 0.0 4 DAYS >= .50 2 1.9 0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.48 04/26 TO 04/26 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 22.9 1913 TOTALS 0.0 2.3 -2.3 1.2 SINCE 7/1 35.1 36.0 -0.9 32.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 T DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.8 -0.8 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 T 04/01 04/22 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 04/01 TO 04/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 399 490 -91 469 SINCE 7/1 5629 6638 -1009 6658 COOLING TOTAL 0 7 -7 20 SINCE 1/1 0 8 -8 20 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/340 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/350 DATE 04/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 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. $$