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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
820 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

AFTERNOON SKIES CLEARED OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS STUBBORN LOW PRESSURE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
ALSO...THE AREA IN AND NEAR THE BLACK HILLS SAW SOME PEAKS OF SUN.
OTHERWISE SOUTH DAKOTA SKIES WERE CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
ACROSS THE EAST. IN THE SIX HOURS ENDING AT 7 PM CDT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EAST WERE GENERALLY A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDRETHS OF
AN INCH WITH SISSETON RECEIVING THE MOST WITH 0.04 INCHES.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS MUCH
OF THE EAST...THE MID AND UPPER 50S SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...
AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S UNDER THE SUN ACROSS THE NORTH. THE AREA
NEAR SISSETON WAS A BIT COOLER HOWEVER WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER
50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. MOBRIDGE AND POLLOCK WERE THE WARMEST IN
THE STATE AT 66 DEGREES. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS
CUSTER HIT 57 DEGREES WHILE LEAD ONLY WARMED TO 44 DEGREES.

AFTERNOON WINDS FAVORED A NORTH OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS WERE HIGHER ACROSS THE
NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

AT 8 PM CDT SKIES HAD BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR OVER ROUGHLY THE NORTH
HALF OF THE STATE WHILE THE SOUTH HALF WAS CLOUDY. A FEW PATCHES OF
LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CONTINUED ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER NEAR
BROOKINGS AND SIOUX FALLS. TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE 50S BUT
WARMER...LOWER 60S...ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.
EXTREMES WERE FROM 51 DEGREES AT PINE RIDGE TO 63 DEGREES AT
MOBRIDGE. IN THE BLACK HILLS CUSTER WAS CLOUDY AND 43 DEGREES.

ON THIS DATE IN 1952 LEAD WAS DELUGED WITH 4.53 INCHES OF RAIN.

ON THIS DATE IN 1993 AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN
AND FLASH FLOODING TO SIOUX FALLS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF SIX TO SEVEN
PLUS INCHES FELL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CITY IN A THREE
HOUR PERIOD. THE EXCESSIVE RAINS FLOODED SEVERAL BASEMENTS AND FLOOD
WATERS ROSE TO THE ROOFTOPS OF CARS IN THE EMPIRE MALL AREA. HAIL UP
TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER FELL CONTINUOUSLY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF IN
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST SIOUX FALLS DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS
...TREES AND GARDENS IN THE AREA. THE RAINFALL AT THE AIRPORT ON THE
NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY WAS 2.25 INCHES.

ON THIS DATE IN 2008 RAPID CITY RECEIVED 3.03 INCHES OF RAIN.

THIS DATE IN 1963 WAS COLD WITH SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES...MAINLY
IN THE 20S. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR SELECTED SIGHTS INCLUDE..

30 DEGREES AT RAPID CITY AND YANKTON
28 DEGREES AT FORESTBURG
27 DEGREES AT MOBRIDGE...MURDO...ONIDA...PIERRE...SIOUX FALLS AND
   SISSETON
26 DEGREES AT MITCHELL...POLLOCK AND WINNER
25 DEGREES AT LEMMON AND TIMBER LAKE
24 DEGREES AT CLARK...CLEAR LAKE AND VERMILLION
23 DEGREES AT CAMP CROOK...FAULKTON...REDFIELD AND WATERTOWN
22 DEGREES AT ABERDEEN...HIGHMORE...MELLETTE AND WOOD
21 DEGREES AT BROOKINGS...CASTLEWOOD...HURON AND KENNEBEC
20 DEGREES AT BRITTON...COTTONWOOD...GANN VALLEY AND LEOLA
18 DEGREES AT RALPH


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