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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
850 AM CST WED DEC 8 2004

...SIOUX FALLS NOW LATEST ON RECORD WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOW...

SIOUX FALLS HAS ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL SO FAR THIS SEASON. THIS
IS THE LATEST ON RECORD WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOWFALL...WHICH IS
DEFINED AS AT LEAST A TENTH OF INCH OF SNOWFALL. THIS BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD FOR LATEST MEASURABLE SNOW AND ALSO TRACE WHICH
OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 7TH 1963. A NEW RECORD WILL BE SET WHEN
MEASURABLE SNOW IS ACTUALLY RECORDED IN SIOUX FALLS THIS SEASON.

HURON FINALLY RECEIVED SNOW THIS SEASON ON DECEMBER 5TH TO 6TH WHEN
THERE WAS 0.9 INCH OF SNOWFALL. THIS IS THE LATEST ON RECORD THAT
HURON HAS RECEIVED SNOW. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR LATEST TRACE FOR
HURON WAS NOVEMBER 26TH 2001...AND FOR LATEST MEASURABLE SNOW...AT
LEAST ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WAS DECEMBER 1ST 1949.

SIOUX CITY RECEIVED 0.4 INCH OF SNOW ON NOVEMBER 28TH. THIS WAS
THE 2ND LATEST ON RECORD BEFORE RECEIVING AT LEAST A TRACE OF
SNOW...AND THE 3RD LATEST ON RECORD FOR MEASURABLE SNOWFALL. THE
LATEST TRACE ON RECORD WAS DECEMBER 1ST 1963...AND THE LATEST
MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD AT SIOUX CITY WAS DECEMBER 22ND 2001.

ALL THESE SNOWFALL RECORDS ARE BASED ON DATA SINCE 1946. BEFORE THAT
THERE WERE SOME MINOR GAPS IN THE SNOWFALL DATA. FOR REFERENCE...THE
AVERAGE FIRST SNOWFALL AND FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FOR EACH SITE
ARE LISTED BELOW. THE AVERAGE IS COMPUTED SINCE 1946 FOR HURON AND
SIOUX FALLS...AND 1948 FOR SIOUX CITY.

                   AVG. FIRST SNOW    AVG. FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW
SIOUX FALLS           OCTOBER 21            NOVEMBER 2
SIOUX CITY            OCTOBER 26            NOVEMBER 8
HURON                 OCTOBER 23            NOVEMBER 4

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