Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
436 CXUS53 KFSD 012214 CLMMHE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 514 PM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE MITCHELL SD 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 96 10/03/1997 10/03/1938 10/04/1922 LOW -8 10/29/1925 HIGHEST 93 10/01 MM MM 87 10/23 LOWEST 16 10/31 MM MM 12 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.1 61.7 -0.6 67.2 AVG. MINIMUM 39.6 37.8 1.8 36.6 MEAN 50.4 49.7 0.7 51.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.2 1.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.3 0.7 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 8.6 -1.6 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.72 1998 MINIMUM T 1988 TOTALS 3.31 1.83 1.48 0.27 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.06 0.05 0.01 DAYS >= .01 7 6.7 0.3 4 DAYS >= .10 5 3.6 1.4 1 DAYS >= .50 3 1.0 2.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.4 0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.76 10/12 TO 10/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.0 1929 TOTALS 0.2 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.2 MM MM 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 10/28 TO 10/28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 485 481 4 425 SINCE 7/1 526 619 -93 MM COOLING TOTAL 37 8 29 27 SINCE 1/1 1113 879 234 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/070 DATE 10/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/070 DATE 10/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 9 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. $$