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.  

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