A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. Read More >
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
|
Location |
Record Temperature |
Previous Record |
Year |
|
Mobridge, SD |
58 |
57 |
1962 |
|
Sisseton, SD |
48 |
47 |
1962 |
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
|
Location |
Record Temperature |
Previous Record |
Year |
|
Aberdeen, SD |
54 |
47 |
1921 |
|
Mobridge, SD |
57 |
46 |
1964 |
|
Sisseton, SD |
49 |
47 |
1987 |
|
Watertown, SD |
47 |
45 |
1987 |
Thursday, 5 January 2012
|
Location |
Record Temperature |
Previous Record |
Year |
|
Aberdeen, SD |
63* |
46 |
1935 |
|
Mobridge, SD |
55 |
49 |
1939 |
|
Pierre, SD |
66 |
54 |
1983 |
|
Sisseton, SD |
59 |
47 |
1984 |
|
Watertown, SD |
57 |
43 |
1958 |
|
Kennebec, SD* |
70* |
56 |
1940 |
|
Timber Lake, SD |
58 |
50 |
1983 |
Friday, 6 January 2012
|
Location |
Record Temperature |
Previous Record |
Year |
|
Aberdeen, SD |
49 |
47 |
1983 |
|
Watertown, SD |
45 |
43 |
1963 |
|
Sisseton, SD |
48 Tied |
48 |
1933 |
Numerous record high temperatures were broken across central and northeast South Dakota along with west central Minnesota throughout the week. Some of the records were broken by as much as 12 to 17 degrees and had been held for 80 to 90 years. Aberdeen surpassed their all-time record high for January by 3 degrees with 63 degrees on Thursday, January 5th. Kennebec tied their all-time record high for January with 70 degrees on January 5th. One other interesting thing to note is that both Sisseton and Watertown broke their record high on Friday January 6th shortly after midnight.
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