Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
793 CXUS53 KFSD 012201 CLMFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 500 PM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 95 10/01/2023 LOW -5 10/29/1925 HIGHEST 95R 10/01 MM MM 85 10/23 LOWEST 18 10/31 MM MM 17 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.4 61.1 1.3 65.8 AVG. MINIMUM 41.3 38.1 3.2 37.9 MEAN 51.9 49.6 2.3 51.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.1 1.9 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.4 0.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 10.0 -3.0 11 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.89 1911 MINIMUM T 1952 TOTALS 2.54 2.36 0.18 0.29 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.08 0.00 0.01 DAYS >= .01 9 7.9 1.1 6 DAYS >= .10 4 4.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= .50 2 1.4 0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.19 10/12 TO 10/12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.0 1991 TOTALS 0.5 1.4 -0.9 T SINCE 7/1 0.5 1.4 -0.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.5 10/28 TO 10/28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 444 485 -41 417 SINCE 7/1 469 628 -159 MM COOLING TOTAL 45 8 37 20 SINCE 1/1 1277 847 430 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/320 DATE 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/310 DATE 10/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$