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SXUS73 KFSD 022255
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
452 PM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...RECORD WARMTH ACROSS THE SIOUX EMPIRE THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW OF AIR ALOFT HELPED TO BRING DOWNSLOPE
WARMING TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  SEVERAL LOCATIONS REACHED THEIR
WARMEST TEMPERATURES ON RECORD FOR THE DATE...

                 HIGH TODAY         PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH (YEAR/S)

 SIOUX FALLS     77 DEGREES            72 DEGREES (1965)
 SIOUX CITY      80 DEGREES            76 DEGREES (1965/1953)
 MITCHELL        79 DEGREES            79 DEGREES (1965)
 YANKTON         82 DEGREES            74 DEGREES (1897)
 SPENCER         77 DEGREES            76 DEGREES (1914)

THE TEMPERATURES IN SIOUX CITY REPRESENTS A TIE FOR THE SECOND
WARMEST NOVEMBER HIGH.


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