220  
CDUS43 KABR 162229  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
529 PM CDT THU OCT 16 2025  
   
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 74 103 PM 88 1910 56 18 61  
MINIMUM 52 1243 AM 19 1976 35 17 31  
AVERAGE 63 46 17 46  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.10 3.72 1971 0.06 0.04 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.42 1.15 -0.73 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 1.97 3.60 -1.63 0.25  
SINCE JAN 1 27.63 20.55 7.08 22.41  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 3.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0  
SINCE OCT 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 2 19 -17 19  
MONTH TO DATE 132 248 -116 200  
SINCE SEP 1 215 441 -226 260  
SINCE JUL 1 253 492 -239 287  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 28 0 28 0  
SINCE SEP 1 102 46 56 100  
SINCE JAN 1 608 517 91 536    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 1200 AM  
LOWEST 61 100 PM  
AVERAGE 81  
   
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 85 1910  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 13 2022  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE 746 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 640 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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