400  
CDUS43 KABR 072237  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
536 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008  
 
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 61 359 PM 86 2003 62 -1 72  
MINIMUM 46 757 AM 15 1952 38 8 47  
AVERAGE 54 50 4 60  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.05 1.58 1977 0.07 -0.02 0.07  
MONTH TO DATE 1.33 0.47 0.86 0.10  
SINCE SEP 1 3.29 2.50 0.79 3.17  
SINCE JAN 1 20.99 19.19 1.80 21.09  
 
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 11 15 -4 5  
MONTH TO DATE 77 98 -21 31  
SINCE SEP 1 269 334 -65 219  
SINCE JUL 1 290 423 -133 248  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 11  
SINCE SEP 1 31 26 5 93  
SINCE JAN 1 419 492 -73 708    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 1200 AM  
LOWEST 36 300 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
 
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 13 1917  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 655 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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