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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
825 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON BROUGHT A WEST OR NORTHWEST FLOW OF DRIER AIR INTO THE
STATE. FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA REMAINED FAIRLY HUMID WITH DEW
POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S WHILE MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE STATE HAD COMFORTABLE DEW POINTS IN THE 40S.
AFTERNOON SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SOME PATCHY CLOUDINESS OVER
THE EAST AND BLACK HILLS.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S WITH
MITCHELL THE WARMEST AT 83 DEGREES. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
BLACK HILLS WERE A BIT COOLER WITH CUSTER AT 71 DEGREES AND
DEERFIELD 68 DEGREES.

AFTERNOON WINDS FAVORED A WEST OR NORTHWEST DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 5
TO 15 MPH ALTHOUGH A BIT STRONGER AT BUFFALO...FROM 12 TO 22 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. AFTERNOON WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL HOWEVER FAVORED A NORTH OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION AT
SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH.

AT 8 PM CDT SOUTH DAKOTA SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES WERE
IN THE 70S WITH EXTREMES OF 73 DEGREES AT RAPID CITY TO 80 DEGREES
AT MITCHELL. IN THE BLACK HILLS CUSTER WAS MOSTLY SUNNY AND 69
DEGREES.

MORNING THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE FROM
SOUTHWEST OF AVON IN FAR SOUTHEAST CHARLES MIX COUNTY...TO NORTH OF
VERMILLION. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN
BON HOMME COUNTY INTO WEST CENTRAL YANKTON COUNTY SOUTH OF
LESTERVILLE. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE ACCOMPANIED THE
STRONGER STORMS.  YANKTON RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1.77 INCHES OF
RAINFALL ALONG WITH A WIND GUST TO 56 MPH AROUND AROUND 830 AM CDT.
BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM CDT YANKTON RECEIVED 1.63 INCHES OF RAIN. CLOSER
TO SIOUX FALLS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH
A FEW MILES WEST OF TEA.

THIS DATE IN 1936 WAS HOT...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND WEST WHERE MANY
LOCATIONS HIT OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THAT
AFTERNOON INCLUDE...

100 DEGREES AT VERMILLION
102 DEGREES AT MITCHELL AND RAPID CITY
103 DEGREES AT MOBRIDGE
104 DEGREES AT HOT SPRINGS...HURON AND TIMBER LAKE
105 DEGREES AT FORESTBURG
106 DEGREES AT ACADEMY AND DUPREE
108 DEGREES AT GANN VALLEY AND MURDO
109 DEGREES AT PIERRE AND WOOD
110 DEGREES AT HIGHMORE...KENNEBEC AND WINNER
111 DEGREES AT COTTONWOOD

ON THIS DATE IN 1922 LEMMON RECEIVED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.

ON THIS DATE IN 1953 HEAVY RAIN FELL AT MOBRIDGE WITH 2.71 INCHES OF
RAIN...SISSETON 2.88 INCHES AND ABERDEEN 2.97 INCHES.

ON THIS DATE IN 1963 HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA WITH SOME SITES RECEIVING OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN. AMOUNTS
INCLUDE...

1.70 INCHES AT WINNER
1.84 INCHES AT WOOD
2.05 INCHES AT HERMOSA
2.28 INCHES AT CAMP CROOK
2.34 INCHES AT LEAD
2.57 INCHES AT COTTONWOOD
2.63 INCHES AT WASTA
3.78 INCHES AT THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT

ON THIS DATE IN 1967 BROOKINGS RECEIVED 3.90 INCHES OF RAIN.




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