PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: SIOUX FALLS SD MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 43 34 N LONGITUDE: 96 44 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 65 40 53 -2 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 15 350 692 99 1 20 340 2 72 35 54 -1 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.4 10 320 699 100 0 1 M M 3 71 41 56 2 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.8 13 100 697 100 0 17 110 4 75 46 61 7 4 0 T 0.0 0 12.7 25 130 452 65 3 3 32 150 5 71 57 64 11 1 0 0.26 0.0 0 12.5 26 110 0 0 6 13 31 190 6 73 52 63 10 2 0 2.15 0.0 0 14.0 33 350 0 0 7 1 46 360 7 65 40 53 1 12 0 0.05 0.0 0 8.3 21 320 548 80 4 28 310 8 72 37 55 3 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.8 22 330 648 95 0 28 340 9 61 36 49 -3 16 0 0.01 T 0 5.2 14 70 285 42 6 5 18 90 10 76 50 63 12 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.1 23 160 436 64 8 28 150 11 64 55 60 9 5 0 0.04 0.0 0 5.5 16 190 133 20 5 138 21 200 12 72 50 61 11 4 0 0.29 0.0 0 12.2 26 160 0 0 8 1 35 170 13 54 41 48 -2 17 0 0.11 0.0 0 9.2 20 320 474 71 5 1 24 320 14 57 32 45 -4 20 0 0.01 0.0 0 7.0 16 190 383 58 2 21 230 15 55 31 43 -6 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.7 26 350 643 97 0 33 340 16 57 27 42 -6 23 0 0.03 0.0 0 3.7 12 110 266 40 6 14 130 17 49 36 43 -5 22 0 0.24 0.0 0 6.0 13 100 67 10 7 1 16 90 18 59 39 49 2 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.6 24 180 308 47 3 1 31 200 19 71 48 60 13 5 0 T 0.0 0 9.7 21 40 449 69 1 8 25 20 20 60 36 48 2 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 17 10 640 99 1 M M 21 45 37 41 -5 24 0 0.16 T 0 11.4 24 160 3 0 7 14 30 160 22 43 38 41 -4 24 0 1.63 T 0 16.6 28 50 0 0 10 1 33 40 23 43 35 39 -6 26 0 0.32 0.0 0 10.4 24 60 0 0 10 1 29 60 24 48 34 41 -3 24 0 0.14 0.0 0 4.6 14 290 10 2 10 1 M M 25 64 34 49 6 16 0 T 0.0 0 10.2 36 280 587 93 4 1 63 310 26 47 29 38 -5 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 23.6 44 310 576 91 2 59 330 27 41 23 32 -10 33 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.4 20 330 602 96 1 25 340 28 57 22 40 -2 25 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.1 12 200 625 100 0 15 210 29 64 26 45 4 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.1 14 180 622 100 0 18 160 30 70 40 55 14 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 18 190 482 78 0 25 200 31 65 33 49 9 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 16 30 512 83 0 20 30 ================================================================================ SM 1886 1180 475 0 5.44 T 277.1 11839 117 ================================================================================ AV 60.8 38.1 8.9 FASTST 382 58 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 44 310 # 63 310 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES - COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. - PRECIPITATION IN COLUMNS 7, 8, AND 9 WERE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION AS THE OFFICAL PRECIPITATION FOR SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. - SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z). PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: SIOUX FALLS SD MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 43 34 N LONGITUDE: 96 44 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 49.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.44 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.51 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 76 ON 10 GRTST 24HR 2.19 ON 6- 7 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 22 ON 28 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR T ON 22-22 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 0 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 14 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 7 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 2 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 475 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 16 DPTR FM NORMAL -44 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 11 TOTAL FM JUL 1 600 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4 DPTR FM NORMAL -125 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -4 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 709 HIGHEST SLP 30.60 ON 27 DPTR FM NORMAL -38 LOWEST SLP 29.61 ON 25 [REMARKS] FIFTH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD 6 TH - NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL 2.15 INCHES (PREVIOUS 1.09 IN 1982) 22ND - NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL 1.63 INCHES (PREVIOUS 0.70 IN 1906) #FINAL-10-08#