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

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          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  56  33  45  -9  20   0    T  0.0    0 12.4 25 340   M    M   6        34 340
 2  58  31  45  -9  20   0    T  0.0    0  3.9 13 150   M    M   6        16 150
 3  58  35  47  -6  18   0    T  0.0    0  3.6 10  20   M    M   8        15  40
 4  65  28  47  -6  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 18 170   M    M   1 1      27 160
 5  79  49  64  11   1   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.8 23 190   M    M   2        30 190
 6  86  42  64  12   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 20 290   M    M   1        30 220
 7  78  43  61   9   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 16 350   M    M   1        24  10
 8  78  38  58   7   7   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.1 25 160   M    M   1        35 140
 9  85  57  71  20   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 20 190   M    M   2        29 180
10  73  43  58   8   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 15 120   M    M   1        23  80
11  84  52  68  18   0   3 0.06  0.0    0 17.6 35 180   M    M   5 3      57 160
12  69  43  56   6   9   0 0.06  0.0    0  9.2 18 220   M    M   3        29 240
13  64  43  54   5  11   0    T  0.0    0 10.5 22 320   M    M   4        32 270
14  64  40  52   3  13   0    T  0.0    0 17.2 36 310   M    M   6        49 300
15  54  29  42  -6  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.5 22 310   M    M   4        34 290
16  54  34  44  -4  21   0    T  0.0    0 10.6 26 310   M    M   5        34 300
17  61  36  49   1  16   0    T  0.0    0 11.2 25 330   M    M   8        36 330
18  41  28  35 -12  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 17 310   M    M   7        22 320
19  36  33  35 -12  30   0 0.01    T    0  7.4 15 170   M    M  10 1      21 140
20  46  34  40  -6  25   0 0.26  0.1    0 10.7 23 310   M    M  10 14     32 310
21  41  33  37  -9  28   0 0.03    T    0  9.2 18  80   M    M   9 4      25  70
22  35  31  33 -12  32   0 0.12  0.0    0 17.8 26  40   M    M  10 136    39  30
23  37  19  28 -17  37   0 0.03  0.4    T 12.7 25 340   M    M   6 1      32 350
24  30  15  23 -22  42   0 0.09  0.9    0  7.1 16  70   M    M   7 1      22  70
25  27  17  22 -22  43   0 0.27  3.4    2 10.7 20 350   M    M   9 1      26  10
26  25  13  19 -25  46   0 0.00  0.0    4  4.6 10 310   M    M   6        15 310
27  34  13  24 -19  41   0 0.00  0.0    3 10.1 23 200   M    M   1        32 190
28  50  25  38  -5  27   0 0.00  0.0    2  8.5 22 300   M    M   2        29 310
29  44  25  35  -7  30   0    T  0.0    T  7.1 15 150   M    M   4        20  60
30  51  27  39  -3  26   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 18 160   M    M   0        25 170
31  62  34  48   7  17   0 0.00  0.0    0 18.3 31 320   M    M   2        43 310
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SM 1725 1023       643   9  0.93  4.8    305.8          M      147
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AV 55.6 33.0                               9.9 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    36 310                 57 160
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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:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 44.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.93    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -3.6   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -1.24    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    86 ON  6    GRTST 24HR  0.36 ON 24-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     13 ON 27,26                             3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   4.8 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.3 ON 24-25  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   4 ON 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:   3    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  13    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   643    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  11
DPTR FM NORMAL   107    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  14
TOTAL FM JUL 1   763    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6
DPTR FM NORMAL    23

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     9
DPTR FM NORMAL     4    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1105    HIGHEST SLP 30.53 ON 26
DPTR FM NORMAL   415    LOWEST  SLP 29.44 ON 11

[REMARKS]

RECORD DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH A LOW OF 15
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 17 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1955.

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH A HIGH OF 30
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 32 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2002.

RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH 0.9 INCHES. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.8 INCHES SET BACK IN 1981.

RECORD DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED ON THE 25TH WITH A LOW OF 17 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS OCCURANCE OF 17 DEGREES WAS BACK IN 1919.

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 25TH WITH A HIGH OF 27
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 28 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1942.

RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ESTABLISHED ON THE 25TH WITH 3.4 INCHES. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1916.

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 26TH WITH A HIGH OF 25
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 26 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1919.

#FINAL-10-20#