905  
CDUS43 KFSD 202220  
CLIFSD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
520 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2023  
   
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..THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 83 2:52 PM 99 1955 82 1 81  
MINIMUM 63 6:09 AM 34 1950 61 2 61  
AVERAGE 73 72 1 71  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.51 2002 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.74 2.24 1.50 6.84  
SINCE JUN 1 6.44 9.72 -3.28 11.19  
SINCE JAN 1 13.08 19.61 -6.53 19.14  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 4 37 -33 19  
SINCE JUL 1 3 5 -2 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 8 7 1 6  
MONTH TO DATE 190 163 27 181  
SINCE JUN 1 785 635 150 814  
SINCE JAN 1 923 686 237 873    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 81 12:00 AM  
LOWEST 41 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 61  
   
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THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1947  
1959  
1968  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 40 2004  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 20 2023........SUNRISE 6:37 AM CDT SUNSET 8:23 PM CDT  
AUGUST 21 2023........SUNRISE 6:38 AM CDT SUNSET 8:21 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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