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SXUS99 KFSD 282038
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
238 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2002

...AT LEAST THREE NEW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET TODAY...

AS OF 230 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT SPENCER HAD RISEN TO 58 DEGREES. 
THIS CRUSHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 52 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1984.

AS OF 225 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT HAD RISEN TO 
60 DEGREES. THIS SMASHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 57 DEGREES SET WAY 
BACK IN 1890.

THE TEMPERATURE AT SIOUX FALLS JOE FOSS FIELD TOPPED OUT AT 57 
DEGREES AT 215 PM. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 49 DEGREES SET IN 1999. 

FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS MILD WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE CITIES 
WARM ABOVE THEIR RECORD VALUES. FINAL REPORTS WILL BE SENT BEFORE 
SUNSET.

TRM