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SXUS73 KFSD 031628
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1128 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT HURON SD THIS MORNING...

THE TEMPERATURE AT HURON DROPPED TO 16 DEGREES THIS MORNING...AND
REMAINED THERE UNTIL 602 AM CDT...BEFORE RISING QUICKLY IN THE
BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND CLOUDLESS SKY. THIS LOW TEMPERATURE BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD MINIMUM OF 17 DEGREES...SET FIRST IN 1967...AND THEN
TIED IN 2005. THIS IS ALSO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN
THE MONTH OF MAY IN HURON. PREVIOUSLY...IT WAS 17 DEGREES...ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IN 1961...THE THIRD OF THE MONTH IN BOTH 1967 AND
2005...AND THE SIXTH OF THE MONTH IN 1967.

WITH CLOUDS INCREASING TONIGHT...AND SOMEWHAT MILDER AIR MOVING
IN...IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT THE TEMPERATURE WILL FALL BELOW THE
MINIMUM THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED THIS
MORNING SHOULD REMAIN STANDING.

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