205 CXUS53 KABR 072051 CLMABR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 243 PM CST WED JAN 7 2009 ................................... ...THE ABERDEEN SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 115 MM LOW -46 MM HIGHEST 94 07/11 MM MM 103 07/07 LOWEST -26 02/20 MM MM -31 02/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.8 55.1 -1.3 54.9 AVG. MINIMUM 29.0 32.4 -3.4 31.6 MEAN 41.4 43.8 -2.4 43.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 10 20.5 -10.5 18 DAYS MAX <= 32 87 68.5 18.5 96 DAYS MIN <= 32 191 174.7 16.3 171 DAYS MIN <= 0 54 38.7 15.3 52 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 28.50 1998 MINIMUM 7.90 1976 TOTALS 24.44 20.22 4.22 28.22 DAYS >= .01 103 92.0 11.0 93 DAYS >= .10 50 42.5 7.5 44 DAYS >= .50 16 11.7 4.3 13 DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.7 1.3 4 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 110.8 1936 1937 SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 46.4 38.6 7.8 47.3 SINCE 7/1 19.6 14.2 5.4 11.8 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 MM MM 2 DAYS >= TRACE 88 34.8 53.2 55 DAYS >= 1.0 12 11.4 0.6 13 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 03/21 13 03/02 03/01 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9027 8354 673 8465 SINCE 7/1 3512 3385 127 3398 COOLING TOTAL 499 626 -127 698 SINCE 1/1 499 626 -127 698 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/284 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 63/330 DATE 07/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 79/340 DATE 07/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 223 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 89 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 54 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 47 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 25 RAIN 42 LIGHT RAIN 93 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 9 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 12 LIGHT SNOW 87 SLEET 0 FOG 155 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 32 HAZE 68 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$