530  
CDUS43 KFSD 210623  
CLIFSD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
123 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2023  
   
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..THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 2023
 
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
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)  
YESTERDAY 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)  
YESTERDAY 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  
YESTERDAY 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  
YESTERDAY 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
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 TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1947  
1959  
1968  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 40 2004  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 21 2023........SUNRISE 6:38 AM CDT SUNSET 8:21 PM CDT  
AUGUST 22 2023........SUNRISE 6:39 AM CDT SUNSET 8:20 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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