August: What To Expect

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Story Created: Aug 4, 2009 at 11:39 PM CST

Story Updated: Aug 4, 2009 at 11:40 PM CST

Wow, its been a while since I've got to the blog.  This was supposed to go up before August, but I guess better late than never!

As we're heading into the last month of the Meteorological summer, we're not going to find a big heat wave it seems.  Here's what we normally expect for the month of August.

Monthly Averages
City Max. Temp Min. Temp Precip
Sioux Falls 84.5 59.0 3.01"
Aberdeen 83.5 57.4 2.42"
Pierre 88.0 60.1 1.55"

 

 

Averages By Date
  August 1st August 31st
City Max. Temp Min. Temp Max. Temp Min. Temp
Sioux Falls 87 61 81 54
Aberdeen 86 60 79 53
Pierre 90 63 84 56

I didn't realize the difference in precipitation from Sioux Falls to Pierre during this month as the capital city will get just more than half of the amount Sioux Falls does.  Also, as a person who doesn't like the heat, it's nice to see the average creep back down to around 80 and those lows get into the lower 50s.

Here's the monthly forecast from the Climate Prediction Center as of the 4th of August for the month of August:

Temperature:

Precipitation: 
 
For temperatures, it doesn't look like we'll see much anything except the normal for this time of year.  That's why I said we won't see that big heat wave hear our way to wrap up summer.  However, the southeastern part of the viewing area should see above normal precipitation, which could push us closer to 4 inches in Sioux Falls.  By the end of the month we could see that difference in rain between Sioux Falls and Pierre.  The forecast discussion for the month states that the first two weeks are expected to have the majority of the rain, so we may know soon!
 
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