SXUS73 KFSD 240652
RERFSD

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
152 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX FALLS SD...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA 
YESTERDAY...AUGUST 23RD. 

FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW...THIS BREAKS THE DAILY RECORD WARM LOW 
TEMPERATURE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARM LOW FOR AUGUST 23RD WAS 76 
DEGREES IN 1948.

THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893...THAT A LOW 
TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN SIOUX FALLS 
ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS...OR EVEN IN THE SAME YEAR!

PREVIOUS 80+ DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE RECORD BOOK INCLUDE:

81 DEGREES:
AUGUST 22 2023
AUGUST 14 1938
JULY 12 1936

80 DEGREES:
JULY 17 2011
AUGUST 16 1988
JULY 11 1966

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