523  
CDUS43 KABR 201304  
CLIATY  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
804 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
   
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..THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 2026  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 78 502 PM 99 1976 79 -1 87  
MINIMUM 58 355 AM 38 1967 57 1 66  
2004  
AVERAGE 68 68 0 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.01 1.95 1899 0.10 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.16 1.85 -1.69 4.12  
SINCE JUN 1 7.61 8.75 -1.14 16.74  
SINCE JAN 1 12.25 15.91 -3.66 24.49  
 
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 38.8 41.1 -2.3 29.4  
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 4 15 -11 1  
SINCE JUN 1 51 100 -49 78  
SINCE JUL 1 5 31 -26 13  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 12  
MONTH TO DATE 88 100 -12 124  
SINCE JUN 1 515 404 111 430  
SINCE JAN 1 578 427 151 465    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 1000 PM  
LOWEST 54 300 PM  
AVERAGE 72  
   
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THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 97 1955  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 37 1950  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 20 2026........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT  
AUGUST 21 2026........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 825 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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