SXUS73 KFSD 010935 RERSUX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 435 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...RECORD MONTHLY AND SUMMER RAINFALL IN SIOUX CITY IOWA... THE AUGUST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY WAS 10.12 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 9.07 INCHES WHICH WAS SET IN 2007. THE SUMMER RAINFALL...WHICH INCLUDES JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST...WAS 30.38 INCHES AT THE AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS SUMMER RECORD OF 20.13 INCHES...WHICH WAS SET IN 2010. THIS SUMMER ALSO INCLUDED 2 OF THE 4 WETTEST MONTHS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT SIOUX CITY IN 1889. JUNE WAS THE WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD...WITH AUGUST THE 4TH WETTEST. $$ CHENARD