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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  39  11  25  -3  40   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 10 130   M    M   6        15 120
 2  42  17  30   3  35   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 23 180   M    M   6        31 180
 3  34  28  31   4  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 15 170   M    M  10 12     22 160
 4  44  22  33   7  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 16 340   M    M   7 12     22 330
 5  45  22  34   8  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 13 320   M    M   3        19 310
 6  56  29  43  17  22   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.1 17 200   M    M   5        24 210
 7  61  26  44  19  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 16 190   M    M   1        23 170
 8  51  38  45  20  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.3 26 290   M    M   4        36 280
 9  38  24  31   7  34   0    T    T    0 21.8 35 320   M    M   7 1      49 320
10  39  16  28   4  37   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 17 310   M    M   4        23 300
11  48  14  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.1 23 330   M    M   3        30 340
12  36  16  26   3  39   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 14 320   M    M   4        20 310
13  46  20  33  10  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.4 14 210   M    M   2        19 210
14  53  28  41  18  24   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 22 190   M    M   4        30 190
15  45  39  42  20  23   0 0.04  0.0    0  8.0 22 190   M    M  10        30 190
16  39  33  36  14  29   0    T    T    0  8.7 18 310   M    M  10 1      24 300
17  44  26  35  13  30   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.3 30 350   M    M   7        40 350
18  33  17  25   3  40   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 18 330   M    M   2        25 330
19  44  22  33  12  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.8 18 180   M    M   5        27 200
20  46  20  33  12  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 15 110   M    M   5        19 110
21  49  27  38  17  27   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.1 17 170   M    M   6 12     21 180
22  51  27  39  19  26   0    T  0.0    0  2.7 10 180   M    M   6 12     15 190
23  53  29  41  21  24   0 0.27  0.0    0 11.2 24 160   M    M   9 12     36 160
24  56  33  45  25  20   0 0.82  0.0    0 15.8 24 350   M    M  10 16     35 360
25  40  29  35  15  30   0 0.67  0.9    0 15.1 24 360   M    M  10 146    37 350
26  32  28  30  10  35   0    T    T    1  5.9 12 150   M    M  10 156    15 150
27  35  31  33  14  32   0 0.05  0.4    1  3.9 10 340   M    M  10 16     13 340
28  35  26  31  12  34   0    T    T    1  8.7 18 340   M    M   9 16     25 320
29  40  21  31  12  34   0 0.00  0.0    T  6.5 13 290   M    M   1        19 280
30  35  28  32  13  33   0    T    T    T 14.3 24 320   M    M   7        32 320
31  31  20  26   7  39   0 0.00  0.0    T 10.4 21 340   M    M   7        28 350
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SM 1340  767       955   0  1.85  1.3    272.3          M      190
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AV 43.2 24.7                               8.8 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    35 320                 49 320
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7,8 AND 9 ARE THE OFFICIAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR SIOUX FALLS, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 34.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.85    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  11.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.02    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    61 ON  7    GRTST 24HR  1.09 ON 23-24      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     11 ON  1                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   1.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   0.9 ON 25-25  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   1 ON 27,26  7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   2    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   5
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  27    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   955    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   4
DPTR FM NORMAL  -362    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  18
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2176    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  9
DPTR FM NORMAL  -677

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1277    HIGHEST SLP 30.62 ON 13
DPTR FM NORMAL   430    LOWEST  SLP 29.36 ON  7

[REMARKS]
RECORD HIGH DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 7TH WITH
61 DEGREES. THIS VALUE WAS PREVIOUSLY ATTAINED IN 1984.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 8TH WITH
38 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 34 DEGREES IN 1987.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH WITH
39 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 37 DEGREES IN 1928.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH
33 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 32 DEGREES IN 1936.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH
56 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 50 DEGREES IN 2021.

THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 34.0 DEGREES WAS THE RECORD WARMEST
DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.  THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
43.2 DEGREES WAS ALSO SET A RECORD FOR THE WARMEST DECEMBER AVERAGE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.

#FINAL-12-23#