954  
CDUS43 KABR 052252  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
551 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008  
 
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2008
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 62 141 PM 90 1963 63 -1 75  
MINIMUM 51 644 AM 18 1935 39 12 55  
AVERAGE 57 51 6 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.22 1.13 1946 0.07 0.15 0.02  
MONTH TO DATE 0.22 0.33 -0.11 0.03  
SINCE SEP 1 2.18 2.36 -0.18 3.10  
SINCE JAN 1 19.88 19.05 0.83 21.02  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0  
SINCE OCT 1 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 8 14 -6 0  
MONTH TO DATE 58 68 -10 26  
SINCE SEP 1 250 304 -54 214  
SINCE JUL 1 271 393 -122 243  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE SEP 1 31 26 5 82  
SINCE JAN 1 419 492 -73 697    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 700 AM  
LOWEST 62 1200 AM  
AVERAGE 81  
 
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 89 1993  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1935  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
 

 
 
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