PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: SIOUX FALLS SD MONTH: DECEMBER 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 28 16 22 -2 43 0 T T 0 12.5 28 340 320 58 6 32 340 2 49 21 35 12 30 0 0.07 1.0 0 10.4 20 10 430 78 3 1 28 10 3 30 12 21 -2 44 0 0.06 1.1 2 13.5 28 340 526 96 4 19 35 300 4 18 7 13 -9 52 0 T T 2 12.9 22 310 409 75 7 29 320 5 37 7 22 0 43 0 T T 2 10.9 28 320 37 7 5 35 310 6 35 4 20 -1 45 0 T T 1 13.6 29 340 455 83 4 35 330 7 33 10 22 1 43 0 T 0.1 1 9.2 25 180 391 72 4 31 190 8 31 20 26 5 39 0 0.08 1.2 T 11.2 21 70 0 0 9 1 29 10 9 23 1 12 -8 53 0 0.02 0.4 2 12.3 25 10 499 92 4 37 340 10 34 3 19 -1 46 0 0.00 0.0 2 6.8 18 200 255 47 2 23 200 11 39 21 30 10 35 0 0.01 0.2 2 5.6 23 320 225 42 5 31 320 12 38 18 28 9 37 0 0.03 0.7 2 9.2 20 200 512 95 2 1 25 190 13 39 23 31 12 34 0 0.00 0.0 1 8.1 15 180 365 68 2 1 M M 14 33 -6 14 -5 51 0 0.02 0.6 1 24.9 38 310 0 0 9 1689 48 320 15 -4 -11 -7 -25 72 0 0.00 0.0 1 13.2 32 310 537 100 1 9 44 320 16 5 -9 -2 -20 67 0 0.12 2.7 1 7.4 17 150 0 0 7 1 22 170 17 13 -10 2 -16 63 0 T T 4 4.5 10 170 537 100 1 1 15 140 18 20 -7 7 -10 58 0 T T 4 7.9 22 60 270 50 3 1 26 60 19 18 10 14 -3 51 0 0.12 1.8 6 9.4 20 30 150 28 9 18 25 30 20 17 -6 6 -11 59 0 0.16 2.3 7 17.3 30 310 343 64 6 189 40 320 21 0 -8 -4 -20 69 0 0.00 0.0 6 20.4 35 310 472 88 4 89 43 310 22 14 -13 1 -15 64 0 0.01 0.4 6 10.5 24 130 428 80 2 89 33 140 23 21 2 12 -4 53 0 T T 5 12.7 26 170 202 38 7 33 160 24 9 -7 1 -15 64 0 0.00 0.0 5 7.7 15 280 525 98 0 18 280 25 30 4 17 1 48 0 0.00 0.0 5 12.5 26 160 372 69 0 33 160 26 41 19 30 15 35 0 0.00 0.0 5 12.2 26 270 100 19 5 12 32 290 27 19 10 15 0 50 0 T T 3 10.0 24 280 424 79 2 30 290 28 39 6 23 8 42 0 0.00 0.0 3 4.5 10 200 537 100 0 15 240 29 37 23 30 15 35 0 0.00 0.0 2 11.4 26 330 468 87 4 32 330 30 26 0 13 -1 52 0 T T 1 13.7 26 350 140 26 5 33 350 31 19 -5 7 -7 58 0 0.00 0.0 1 10.0 26 170 354 65 1 32 170 ================================================================================ SM 791 155 1535 0 0.70 12.5 346.4 10283 123 ================================================================================ AV 25.5 5.0 11.2 FASTST 332 61 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 38 310 # 48 320 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES - COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. - PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS 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: DECEMBER YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 43 34 N LONGITUDE: 96 44 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 15.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.70 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.0 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.18 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 49 ON 2 GRTST 24HR 0.16 ON 20-20 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: -13 ON 22 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 12.5 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 2.7 ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 7 ON 20 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: 19 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 11 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 3 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 11 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1535 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 12 DPTR FM NORMAL 102 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 16 TOTAL FM JUL 1 3041 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 3 DPTR FM NORMAL -112 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 709 HIGHEST SLP 30.74 ON 15 DPTR FM NORMAL -38 LOWEST SLP 29.34 ON 14 [REMARKS] -RECORD LOW DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH, WITH A DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -4. #FINAL-12-08#