CXUS53 KABR 011326 CLAATY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 726 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WATERTOWN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 110 07/21/1934 LOW -40 01/13/1916 HIGHEST 101 09/03 MM MM 97 06/19 06/20 06/29 LOWEST -21 02/24 MM MM -20 12/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.6 53.3 2.3 53.3 AVG. MINIMUM 34.3 32.7 1.6 31.6 MEAN 45.0 43.0 2.0 42.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 19 9.3 9.7 15 DAYS MAX <= 32 86 84.2 1.8 83 DAYS MIN <= 32 176 174.1 1.9 185 DAYS MIN <= 0 23 35.4 -12.4 46 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 40.04 1977 MINIMUM 10.53 1976 TOTALS 19.45 22.71 -3.26 20.93 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.06 DAYS >= .01 98 96.3 1.7 100 DAYS >= .10 43 48.8 -5.8 49 DAYS >= .50 8 13.8 -5.8 7 DAYS >= 1.00 2 4.1 -2.1 5 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 79.5 2019 TOTALS 35.3 41.1 -5.8 31.8 SINCE 7/1 3.1 14.8 -11.7 MM DAYS >= TRACE 66 26.6 39.4 76 DAYS >= 1.0 12 12.8 -0.8 11 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7949 8500 -551 8784 SINCE 7/1 2673 3342 -669 MM COOLING TOTAL 808 518 290 695 SINCE 1/1 808 520 288 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/MM DATE 02/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/060 DATE 10/12 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$