Sioux Falls sets Rainfall Record in Spring 2004

SXUS99 KFSD 162037
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004

...SIOUX FALLS ATTAINS WETTEST 31 DAY PERIOD ON RECORD...

INCLUDING THE 3.57 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE 
MIDNIGHT...THE LAST 31 DAYS IN SIOUX FALLS HAS BROUGHT AN IMPRESSIVE 
12.74 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT JOE FOSS FIELD.  THIS IS THE GREATEST 31 
DAY TOTAL RAINFALL ON RECORD IN SIOUX FALLS. TO PUT THIS IN 
PERSPECTIVE...THIS IS MORE RAINFALL THAN IS CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR
THE MONTHS OF MAY...JUNE...JULY...AND AUGUST COMBINED...WHICH IS
12.72 INCHES.

31 DAY PERIOD           TOTAL RAINFALL
---------------------       --------------
5/17/2004 - 6/16/2004          12.74 IN
6/12/1909 - 7/12/1909          12.23 IN
5/14/1898 - 6/13/1898          12.16 IN
6/13/1993 - 7/13/1993          11.37 IN
5/24/1908 - 6/23/1908          11.14 IN
7/23/1911 - 8/22/1911          10.79 IN
4/24/1936 - 5/24/1936          10.65 IN

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CHAPMAN