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RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
553 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012



...DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD AT SIOUX FALLS SD...

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST IN 
SIOUX FALLS TOTALED 2.73 INCHES. THIS IS THE DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD 
FOR THE CITY BEATING OUT THE 3.55 INCH TOTAL IN 1894. THE MONTH OF 
JUNE WAS THE SECOND DRIEST WITH 0.74 INCHES...JULY WAS THE DRIEST ON 
RECORD WITH ONLY 0.24 INCHES AND AUGUST HAD 1.75 INCHES. JUST TWO 
YEARS AGO THE CITY HAD ITS WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD WITH 22.64 
INCHES. 


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