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SXUS73 KFSD 161439
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
839 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2009

...NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS YESTERDAY...AND ONE TODAY...

YESTERDAYS LOW TEMPERATURE FOR SPENCER IOWA OF -27 DEGREES TIED THE 
ORIGINAL RECORD SET ON JANUARY 15 1972.  

SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...IN THE EARLY HOURS OF JANUARY 16TH...THE 
TEMPERATURE AT SPENCER IOWA DROPPED -28 DEGREES BREAKING THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD OF -26 IN 1977.

AT SIOUX FALLS SD THE TEMPERATURE ON JANUARY 15TH ROSE TO -4 DEGREES 
BUT FAILED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE OF -2 
DEGREES SET IN 1977.

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DEMORIN