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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
334 PM CST FRI MAR 01 2024

...RECORD MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
SET AT SIOUX FALLS SD...

THE FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 35.7 DEGREES WAS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD FOR SIOUX FALLS.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 33.4
DEGREES IN 1931 AND 1954.

OTHER FEBRUARY MONTHLY RECORDS INCLUDE

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMP  46.3 DEGREES (PREVIOUS 44.5 DEGREES 1987)
MEAN MINIMUM TEMP  25.1 DEGREES (PREVIOUS 24.1 DEGREES 1998)


THE MEAN WINTER TEMPERATURE (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) OF 29.3 DEGREES WAS
ALSO THE WARMEST ON RECORD...ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS VALUE OF 28.7
DEGREES FROM 1930-31.

ANOTHER SEASONAL RECORD WAS SET WITH THE MEAN WINTER MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 20.3 DEGREES. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 19.1 DEGREES FROM
1991-92 AND 1930-31.

THERE WERE ALSO THE FEWEST NUMBER OF DAYS (24) WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF FREEZING OR BELOW. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 25 DAYS.

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