863 SXUS73 KFSD 192245 RERFSD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 445 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL AT SIOUX CITY IOWA... SNOWFALL TODAY AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 6.1 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 5.6 INCHES SET IN 1952. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER THUS FAR IN SIOUX CITY HAS TOTALED 21 INCHES...MAKING THIS THE SECOND SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1897 WITH A TOTAL OF 26.4 INCHES. $$ SHEEHAN