SXUS73 KFSD 010255 RERFSD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 955 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...DRIEST JULY ON RECORD IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA... RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AT JOE FOSS FIELD IN SIOUX FALLS TOTALED 0.24 INCHES. NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH IS 3.09 INCHES. THE TOTAL OF 0.24 INCHES MAKES JULY 2012 THE DRIEST JULY ON RECORD ...BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.25 INCHES IN JULY 1947. $$ SHEEHAN