August, 1998 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Sioux Falls, SD National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 80 63 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 2 72 64 M M M M M M M M 1.39 M M M M M M M 3 71 63 67 -7 0 4 -6 2 360 -150 0.39 1.78 0.24 M M 6.6 M M 4 70 62 66 -8 0 4 -6 1 361 -158 0.11 1.89 0.32 M M 11.5 M M 5 79 61 70 -4 0 4 -6 5 366 -162 T 1.89 0.40 M M 11.2 M M 6 76 61 69 -5 0 4 -6 4 370 -167 0.12 2.01 0.49 M M 8.5 M M 7 72 58 65 M 0 4 M 0 370 M 0.08 2.09 M M M M M M 8 83 59 71 -3 0 4 -6 6 376 -179 0 2.09 0.67 M M 8.1 M M 9 82 65 74 1 0 4 -6 9 385 -178 0 2.09 0.76 M M 5.7 M M 10 81 54 68 M 0 4 M 3 388 M 0 2.09 M M M M M M 11 82 57 70 -3 0 4 -6 5 393 -186 0 2.09 0.94 M M 2.3 M M 12 79 63 71 -2 0 4 -6 6 399 -188 0 2.09 1.03 M M 4.1 M M 13 82 57 70 -3 0 4 -6 5 404 -191 0 2.09 1.12 M M 3.5 M M 14 86 59 73 0 0 4 -6 8 412 -191 T 2.09 1.21 M M 7.2 M M 15 78 51 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 16 87 67 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 17 84 67 76 5 0 4 -8 11 435 -189 0 2.09 1.48 M M 9.7 M M 18 85 72 79 8 0 4 -9 14 449 -182 0 2.09 1.57 M M 14.8 M M 19 91 69 80 9 0 4 -10 15 464 -174 0.18 2.27 1.66 M M 13.3 M M 20 81 67 74 3 0 4 -11 9 473 -172 0.02 2.29 1.75 M M 7.6 M M 21 80 65 73 3 0 4 -12 8 481 -170 0 2.29 1.85 M M 7.4 M M 22 82 78 80 M 0 4 M 15 496 M 0.01 2.30 M M M M M M 23 87 65 76 6 0 4 -14 11 507 -156 0.14 2.44 2.05 M M 4.1 M M 24 80 61 71 1 0 4 -15 6 513 -156 0.62 3.06 2.15 M M 8.7 M M 25 81 54 68 -1 0 4 -16 3 516 -158 0 3.06 2.25 M M 4.7 M M 22 88 72 80 10 0 4 -13 15 496 -161 0.01 2.30 1.95 M M 9.4 M M 26 80 58 69 1 0 4 -18 4 520 -159 0 3.06 2.35 M M 10.4 M M 27 77 65 71 3 0 4 -20 6 526 -158 0.20 3.26 2.45 M M 6.3 M M 28 85 59 72 4 0 4 -22 7 533 -156 0 3.26 2.55 M M 3.6 M M 29 86 57 72 4 0 4 -24 7 540 -154 0 3.26 2.65 M M 3.2 M M 30 82 55 69 2 0 4 -26 4 544 -154 0 3.26 2.75 M M 7.5 M M 31 72 54 63 -4 2 6 -26 0 544 -158 0.03 3.29 2.85 M M 5.7 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR SIOUX FALLS SD AUGUST 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 71.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.29 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.44 HIGHEST: 91 ON 19 GREATEST IN A DAY: 1.39 ON 2 ND LOWEST: 51 ON 15 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: NONE MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 1 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 12 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 2 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -20 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 2 SEASONAL TOTAL: 6 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -26 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... TOTAL THIS MONTH: 196 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -24 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 544 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -158 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.24 ON 1 ST LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.64 ON 24 TH ...REMARKS... SNOW DEPTH IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).