CXUS53 KFSD 012155 CLMMHE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 455 PM CDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MITCHELL SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 96 10/03/1997 10/03/1938 10/04/1922 LOW -8 10/29/1925 HIGHEST 86 10/02 MM MM 93 10/01 10/10 LOWEST 27 10/14 MM MM 16 10/31 10/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.0 61.7 8.3 61.1 AVG. MINIMUM 40.6 37.8 2.8 39.6 MEAN 55.3 49.7 5.6 50.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 8 8.6 -0.6 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.72 1998 MINIMUM T 1988 TOTALS 0.09 1.83 -1.74 3.31 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.11 DAYS >= .01 2 6.7 -4.7 7 DAYS >= .10 0 3.6 -3.6 5 DAYS >= .50 0 1.0 -1.0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.09 10/18 TO 10/19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.0 1929 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.2 SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM 0.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 304 481 -177 485 SINCE 7/1 345 619 -274 526 COOLING TOTAL 12 8 4 37 SINCE 1/1 878 879 -1 1113 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/330 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/190 DATE 10/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.10 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$