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CDUS43 KABR 172231  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
531 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
   
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2025  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
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)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 74 359 PM 98 1976 80 -6 78  
MINIMUM 67 945 AM 39 1943 58 9 62  
AVERAGE 71 68 3 70  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.19 1.60 2005 0.09 0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 4.12 1.66 2.46 1.89  
SINCE JUN 1 16.74 8.56 8.18 10.40  
SINCE JAN 1 24.49 15.72 8.77 21.39  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 1 13 -12 21  
SINCE JUN 1 78 98 -20 65  
SINCE JUL 1 13 29 -16 24  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 6 4 2 5  
MONTH TO DATE 100 92 8 60  
SINCE JUN 1 406 396 10 356  
SINCE JAN 1 441 419 22 362    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 300 AM  
LOWEST 76 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 87  
   
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 100 1976  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 2012  
 
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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