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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1015 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...RECORD DECEMBER SNOWFALL FOR SIOUX CITY...

THE TOTAL SNOWFALL THIS DECEMBER THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING IS
30.9 INCHES AT SIOUX CITY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER RECORD 
OF 26.4 INCHES IN 1897.

THE SNOWFALL OF 8.0 INCHES ON CHRISTMAS DAY WAS THE SNOWIEST 
CHRISTMAS ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 6.0 INCHES IN 1996.

THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 19.2 INCHES FROM THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 
23RD TO THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 26TH...RANKS IN THE TOP 3 SNOWSTORMS 
ON RECORD. THE BIGGEST STORM ON RECORD WAS 22.9 INCHES APRIL 9TH TO 
10TH IN 1913.

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