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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
947 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002

...UPDATE FOR RECORD HEAT IN SIOUX CITY IOWA...

AT 416 PM CDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT 
PEAKED OUT AT 96 DEGREES. THIS SMASHES BY ELEVEN DEGREES THE RECORD 
FOR THE DATE OF 85 DEGREES SET WAY BACK IN 1898. 

THIS IS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO EARLY IN THE SEASON 
IN SIOUX CITY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS EVENT WAS APRIL 22 
1980...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT 97 DEGREES. 

TRM