SXUS73 KFSD 030205
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
905 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...MARCH 2012 WARMEST ON RECORD IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 2012 IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA 
WAS 49.8 DEGREES...AN INCREDIBLE 16.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS 
THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD SURPASSING THE AVERAGE OF 49.2 DEGREES 
SET DURING 1910. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.5 DEGREES 
AND THE AVERAGE MINIMUM 36.1 DEGREES. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE 
LIMITED TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WITH A TOTAL OF TEN DAYS 
RECORDING MINIMUMS OF 32 DEGREES OR COLDER. THE LAST DAY OF A 
FREEZING TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON THE 15TH WITH A MINIMUM OF 30 
DEGREES. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 4 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF 80 DEGREES 
OR MORE AND 13 DAYS OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE 
OBSERVED FOR THE MONTH WAS 85 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE WARMEST MARCH 
DAY IN SIOUX FALLS HISTORY OCCURRED ON THE 30TH IN 1943 AT 88 
DEGREES.   


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SHEEHAN