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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
839 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WAS CENTERED OVER
FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUDINESS WAS
WIDESPREAD OVER THE STATE WITH A FEW PEEKS OF SUN OVER THE EAST. A
CONTINUOUS LIGHT RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST. HEAVIER
RAINFALL IN THE SIX HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 PM CDT OCCURRED ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST AND FAR SOUTHWEST WITH 0.26 INCHES AT PINE RIDGE...
0.33 INCHES AT ABERDEEN AND 0.37 INCHES AT SISSETON.

WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NEAR THE AREA...PERIODS OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT BENEFICIAL RAINS TO THE AREA THE
PAST THREE DAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7
PM CDT THIS EVENING...AND OVER THE PAST 72 HOURS ENDING AT 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR SELECTED SITES INCLUDE...

CITY            24 HOUR RAINFALL            72 HOUR RAINFALL

ABERDEEN          0.81 INCHES                 2.32 INCHES
CHAMBERLAIN       0.27                        1.61
HURON             0.81                        1.35
MITCHELL          1.11                        2.27
MOBRIDGE          0.32                        2.45
PIERRE            0.23                        1.84
SIOUX FALLS       TRACE                       0.35
SISSETON          0.44                        1.01
WATERTOWN         0.11                        0.81
WINNER            0.50                        2.44
BUFFALO           0.30                        1.51
CUSTER            TRACE                       0.51
PHILIP            0.18                        1.63
PINE RIDGE        0.60                        1.41
RAPID CITY        0.13                        0.72
LEAD              3.55                        5.19

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S ACROSS
THE WEST...THE UPPER 50S NORTH CENTRAL AND NEAR THE BADLANDS...THE
LOWER 60S SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST AND IN THE MID AND UPPER
60S SOUTHEAST. SIOUX FALLS WAS THE WARMEST AT 67 DEGREES WHILE
NEARBY SIOUX CITY IOWA HIT 73 DEGREES.

AFTERNOON WINDS WERE FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH
ACROSS THE EAST WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER. THE
CENTRAL AND WEST HAD A NORTH OR NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 WITH
GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ACROSS THE CENTRAL...AND FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE WEST. PEAK WIND GUSTS TO 43 MPH OCCURRED AT
BUFFALO AND FAITH AND 54 MPH AT THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT.

AT 8 PM CDT LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE RUSHMORE STATE
WITH DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE
UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S WEST...MID AND UPPER 50S NORTHEAST AND IN
THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S SOUTHEAST WITH EXTREMES OF 49 DEGREES AT
BUFFALO AND RAPID CITY TO 63 DEGREES AT SIOUX FALLS. IN THE BLACK
HILLS CUSTER WAS CLOUDY AND 46 DEGREES.

ON THIS DATE IN 1899 RAPID CITY RECEIVED 4.24 INCHES OF RAIN.

ON THIS DATE IN 2011 HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH 2.22
INCHES AT CAMP CROOK AND 2.25 INCHES AT HARDING.



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SHEEHAN