728 SXUS73 KFSD 091403 RERSUX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 903 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...WETTEST SUMMER SEASON ON RECORD AT SIOUX CITY IOWA... YESTERDAYS 1.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN SIOUX CITY BROUGHT THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER SEASON TO 17.55 INCHES. SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE SUMMER CLIMATOLOGICAL SEASON. THE 17.55 INCHES IS 9.84 INCHES ABOVE A NORMAL SUMMER SEASON. THE NEW RECORD IS A MERE 0.18 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 17.37 INCHES SET IN 1983. WITH MORE THAN 3 WEEKS LEFT IN THE MONTH...THIS NEW RECORD WILL LIKELY BE PUSHED EVEN HIGHER AND COULD STAND LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD. DEMORIN