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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
819 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

LINGERING LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS BROUGHT CLOUDS AND RAIN TO SOUTH
DAKOTA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WAS CENTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A STEADY LIGHT RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIER
AMOUNTS NEAR WATERTOWN. IN THE SIX HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 PM CDT
WATERTOWN RECEIVED 0.33 INCHES AND SISSETON 0.13 INCHES. RAINFALL
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE STATE WAS UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH. IN THE 24
HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 PM CDT RAINFALL WAS HEAVIEST ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST WITH 0.57 INCHES AT ABERDEEN... 0.58 INCHES AT SISSETON
AND 1.04 INCHES AT WATERTOWN. IN THE BLACK HILLS LEAD RECEIVED AN
ADDITIONAL 2.10 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS FOR A FOUR DAY TOTAL OF
7.29 INCHES. OTHERWISE...AFTERNOON SKIES WERE CLOUDY OVER THE WEST
ALTHOUGH RESIDENTS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST DID ENJOY SOME PEAKS OF
SUN. A FEW SHOWERS FELL OVER THE BLACK HILLS WITH SPRINKLES OR VERY
LIGHT RAIN NEAR THE BADLANDS AND FAITH.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...THE LOWER TO MID 50S SOUTHWEST...
SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST...THE MID AND UPPER 50S EAST CENTRAL AND
IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S SOUTHEAST. YANKTON WAS THE WARMEST IN
THE STATE WITH 63 DEGREES. IN THE BLACK HILLS CUSTER HIT 53 DEGREES
WHILE LEAD ONLY ROSE TO 41 DEGREES.

AFTERNOON WINDS FAVORED A NORTH OR NORTHWEST DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE STATE BUT WERE MORE
NORTHEASTERLY AT SISSETON AND WATERTOWN. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WERE
MEASURED AT RAPID CITY /41 MPH/...PHILIP /39 MPH/...PIERRE /39 MPH/
...AND WINNER /38 MPH/. AFTERNOON WINDS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WERE
LIGHT OR CALM.

AT 8 PM CDT SOUTH DAKOTA SKIES WERE CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN FALLING
PRIMARILY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE
LOWER TO MID 50S SOUTHEAST...THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S NORTHEAST
...AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S WEST AND CENTRAL. EXTREMES WERE FROM
45 DEGREES AT BUFFALO AND FAITH TO 57 DEGREES AT SIOUX FALLS. WINDS
WERE FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

THIS DATE IN 1931 WAS UNUSUALLY COLD WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S
ACROSS THE STATE. LOW FROM AROUND THE STATE INCLUDE...

27 DEGREES AT HURON AND RAPID CITY
26 DEGREES AT VERMILLION
25 DEGREES AT MURDO...PIERRE AND SIOUX FALLS
23 DEGREES AT MITCHELL AND MOBRIDGE
22 DEGREES AT FORESTBURG AND POLLOCK
21 DEGREES AT BELLE FOURCHE...DUPREE...GANN VALLEY...KENNEBEC
   AND NEWELL
20 DEGREES AT TIMBER LAKE
19 DEGREES AT HIGHMORE
18 DEGREES AT ACADEMY...LUDLOW AND WINNER
17 DEGREES AT COTTONWOOD AND LEMMON
16 DEGREES AT WOOD
15 DEGREES AT CAMP CROOK



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