119 SXUS73 KFSD 132021 RERSUX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT SIOUX CITY IOWA... ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT SPENCER IOWA... AT 130 PM CDT THE TEMPERATURE AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY IOWA ROSE TO 88 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE OF 87 DEGREES SET IN 2003. IN ADDITION THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 87 DEGREES IN SPENCER IOWA. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE OF 84 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931. THIS DATA IS PREMILINARY...THE TEMPERATURE COULD CONTINUE TO CLIMB THROUGH 5 PM ADDING TO THESE RECORDS. $$ SHEEHAN/MJF