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CDUS43 KABR 180734  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
234 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2023  
   
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2023
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 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 73 502 PM 98 1976 80 -7 82  
MINIMUM 56 535 AM 39 1943 58 -2 61  
AVERAGE 65 68 -3 72  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 2005 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.59 1.66 1.93 2.24  
SINCE JUN 1 7.21 8.56 -1.35 5.85  
SINCE JAN 1 12.81 15.72 -2.91 15.63  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE OCT 1 48.1 41.1 7.0 27.2  
SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 2 13 -11 4  
SINCE JUN 1 35 98 -63 45  
SINCE JUL 1 28 29 -1 5  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 7  
MONTH TO DATE 112 92 20 107  
SINCE JUN 1 517 396 121 531  
SINCE JAN 1 584 419 165 548    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 84 1100 PM  
LOWEST 42 200 PM  
AVERAGE 63  
   
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 100 1976  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 2012  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 18 2023........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT  
AUGUST 19 2023........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 829 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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