October: Not A Fun Month

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By KSFY Staff

From all of us in the KSFY Action Weather Center: Good riddance October, we’ll see you next year. Could you have a better attitude next time. 

Wow, that felt good to say to October. It was a month full of tough forecasts with tough weather. A friend of mine had a Facebook post that said: “Hello sun, how was your month long vacation for October.” I received reports from both the Aberdeen and Pierre National Weather Services and two reports from the Sioux Falls National Weather Service. None of them were for good reasons and some included some records. 
 
Let’s start with the data that I didn’t even know was kept: Cloud cover. In fact, there hasn’t been a cloudier month since October of 2004 in Sioux Falls. We also had the second fewest clear days since October 2004. A cloudy day is a day that has an average of 75% of the sky covered throughout the day. A clear day is a day when the average sky cover is less than 35%. 
 
On to the amount of rain we had. Sioux Falls experienced the 5th wettest month at 5.52”. There was also 3.5” of snow, which is 9th all time. Huron also had the 5th wettest month with only 3.90” of precipitation. The snowfall was 2.6”, which was only the 14th greatest of all time. Browns Valley received 7.36” of rain which shattered the old record of 5.73”. Also, Wheaton reported 7.03” of rain, another new record. 
 
You probably noticed the cold more than anything. Sioux Falls had an average temperature of 42.4 degrees which recorded the 4th coldest on record. Huron was also the 4th coldest at 41.3 degrees. Pierre had the 2nd coldest October on record at 40.4. Aberdeen also had the 4th coldest on record at 40.2. 
 

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