Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
000 CXUS53 KFSD 011528 RRA CLMFSD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1018 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 08/24/1936 LOW 34 08/20/1950 08/29/1893 HIGHEST 101 08/22 MM MM 105 08/02 LOWEST 53 08/15 MM MM 55 08/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.9 82.8 4.1 84.6 AVG. MINIMUM 64.2 61.1 3.1 62.5 MEAN 75.5 72.0 3.5 73.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 3.5 8.5 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.33 1932 MINIMUM 0.36 1907 TOTALS 4.54 3.34 1.20 6.88 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.22 DAYS >= .01 8 9.4 -1.4 7 DAYS >= .10 6 5.4 0.6 5 DAYS >= .50 3 2.5 0.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.1 0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.16 08/05 TO 08/06 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 12 -12 0 SINCE 7/1 3 13 -10 MM COOLING TOTAL 335 227 108 272 SINCE 1/1 1068 750 318 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/340 DATE 08/14 30/180 08/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/170 DATE 08/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$