000 CDUS43 KFSD 162235 CLIFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 535 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2024 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2024... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 76 3:46 PM 92 1934 71 5 80 MINIMUM 50 4:59 AM 23 2014 48 2 48 AVERAGE 63 59 4 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.85 1991 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.59 1.82 -0.23 1.02 SINCE MAR 1 7.88 6.42 1.46 3.06 SINCE JAN 1 9.26 7.85 1.41 6.38 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1916 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 3.3 12.4 -9.1 8.8 SINCE JUL 1 25.2 45.3 -20.1 65.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 2 7 -5 1 MONTH TO DATE 111 155 -44 62 SINCE MAR 1 1342 1635 -293 1772 SINCE JUL 1 5801 7144 -1343 7358 COOLING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 12 -5 18 SINCE MAR 1 12 18 -6 47 SINCE JAN 1 12 18 -6 47 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 3:00 AM LOWEST 37 4:00 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 97 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 27 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2024...........SUNRISE 6:00 AM CDT SUNSET 8:47 PM CDT MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE 5:59 AM CDT SUNSET 8:48 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$