Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
040 CXUS53 KFSD 011640 CLMMHE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1140 AM CDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MITCHELL SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 115 08/04/1934 LOW 34 08/28/1911 HIGHEST 97 08/02 MM MM 104 08/22 LOWEST 47 08/09 MM MM 52 08/30 08/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.5 83.9 -1.4 86.4 AVG. MINIMUM 60.5 60.5 -0.0 61.8 MEAN 71.5 72.2 -0.7 74.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 6.0 -2.0 7 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 8.49 1944 MINIMUM 0.12 1907 TOTALS 1.90 3.14 -1.24 2.73 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04 0.09 DAYS >= .01 11 8.7 2.3 4 DAYS >= .10 3 4.5 -1.5 3 DAYS >= .50 2 1.9 0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.85 08/20 TO 08/20 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8 11 -3 0 SINCE 7/1 8 11 -3 6 COOLING TOTAL 218 234 -16 291 SINCE 1/1 698 781 -83 944 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/320 DATE 08/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/310 DATE 08/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$