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

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     OCTOBER
                                          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  95  73  84  27   0  19 0.00  0.0    0 15.4 31 180   M    M   5        40 190
 2  93  72  83  26   0  18 0.00  0.0    0 16.5 29 180   M    M   3        35 170
 3  84  61  73  17   0   8 0.73  0.0    0 14.7 28 200   M    M   7 13     41 220
 4  69  54  62   6   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 20 290   M    M   5        28 310
 5  67  50  59   4   6   0    T  0.0    0 14.2 30 300   M    M   6        45 300
 6  56  39  48  -7  17   0 0.02  0.0    0 17.4 35 310   M    M   8        49 320
 7  63  31  47  -7  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.0 13 200   M    M   4        21 280
 8  71  39  55   1  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.7 17 320   M    M   1        24 340
 9  63  35  49  -4  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.9 10  10   M    M   2        13 340
10  65  30  48  -5  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.0  7  80   M    M   0        10  60
11  72  41  57   5   8   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.9 24 110   M    M   4        31 110
12  56  47  52   0  13   0 1.19  0.0    0 21.4 35  70   M    M  10 13     47  60
13  50  47  49  -2  16   0 0.27  0.0    0 17.0 29  60   M    M  10 1      36  40
14  54  46  50  -1  15   0    T  0.0    0 10.4 17  30   M    M  10 1      24  20
15  58  41  50   0  15   0    T  0.0    0  8.8 20 350   M    M   6        24 330
16  64  36  50   0  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 10 290   M    M   3        15 280
17  73  33  53   4  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 20 160   M    M   4 1      29 180
18  61  51  56   7   9   0 0.01  0.0    0 12.9 21 320   M    M   7 1      30 270
19  71  47  59  11   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.6 17 310   M    M   4        23 300
20  79  42  61  13   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 15 290   M    M   1        22 290
21  68  40  54   7  11   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 26 340   M    M   3        35 340
22  64  34  49   2  16   0 0.04  0.0    0  7.8 20 160   M    M   6        29 160
23  72  49  61  15   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 20 160   M    M   3        26 180
24  60  50  55   9  10   0    T  0.0    0  8.6 16  40   M    M   8 13     23  10
25  58  49  54   9  11   0 0.06  0.0    0  8.4 14  90   M    M  10 1      19 120
26  61  39  50   5  15   0 0.17  0.0    0  8.0 23 300   M    M  10 12     35 300
27  40  23  32 -12  33   0    T  0.0    0 15.9 29 310   M    M   7        41 300
28  30  21  26 -18  39   0 0.05  0.5    0  6.2 13 330   M    M   9        18 330
29  39  23  31 -12  34   0    T    T    T  9.8 21 310   M    M   7        29 300
30  44  19  32 -11  33   0    T    T    0 13.7 41 320   M    M   4        60 310
31  35  18  27 -15  38   0    T    T    0 12.1 32 320   M    M   6        47 320
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SM 1935 1280       444  45  2.54  0.5    319.2          M      173
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AV 62.4 41.3                              10.3 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    41 320                 60 310
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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:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 51.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.54    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   2.3   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.18    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    95 ON  1    GRTST 24HR  1.19 ON 12         TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     18 ON 31                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.5 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.5 ON 28   6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   T           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:   1    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   2    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   7    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   444    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   8
DPTR FM NORMAL   -41    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  17
TOTAL FM JUL 1   469    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6
DPTR FM NORMAL  -159

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    45
DPTR FM NORMAL    37    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1277    HIGHEST SLP 30.52 ON 31
DPTR FM NORMAL   430    LOWEST  SLP 29.59 ON 13

[REMARKS]

RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 1ST WITH 95 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 91 IN 1963.

RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 1ST WITH 73 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 64 IN 2021.

RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 93 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 92 IN 1953.

RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 72 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 68 IN 1939.

RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 12TH WITH 1.19 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.06 INCHES IN 1914.

DAILY HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES ON THE 1ST IS THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER.

DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 73 AND 72 DEGREES ON THE 1ST AND 2ND ARE THE
TWO WARMEST LOWS ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER.

#FINAL-10-23#