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CDUS43 KABR 170652  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
152 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
   
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2025  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 86 257 PM 101 1988 80 6 73  
MINIMUM 68 704 AM 45 1944 58 10 64  
AVERAGE 77 69 8 69  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.32 1.25 1987 0.10 0.22 0.14  
MONTH TO DATE 3.93 1.57 2.36 1.89  
SINCE JUN 1 16.55 8.47 8.08 10.40  
SINCE JAN 1 24.30 15.63 8.67 21.39  
 
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 29.4 41.1 -11.7 20.4  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 1 12 -11 21  
SINCE JUN 1 78 97 -19 65  
SINCE JUL 1 13 28 -15 24  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 12 5 7 4  
MONTH TO DATE 94 88 6 55  
SINCE JUN 1 400 392 8 351  
SINCE JAN 1 435 415 20 357    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 53 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 71 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 100 AM  
LOWEST 61 200 PM  
AVERAGE 79  
   
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 98 1976  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1943  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 17 2025........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT  
AUGUST 18 2025........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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