SXUS73 KFSD 311943 RERFSD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 243 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX FALLS SD... AT 224 PM CDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT JOE FOSS FIELD IN SIOUX FALLS CLIMBED TO 81 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE OF RECORD FOR THE DATE...PREVIOUSLY SET AT 80 DEGREES IN 1946. $$ CHAPMAN SXUS73 KFSD 010111 RERFSD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 811 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX FALLS SD THIS AFTERNOON... THE FINAL HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 31ST 2012 AT JOE FOSS FIELD IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 83 DEGREES...AT 533 PM CDT. THIS EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES...SET IN 1946. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES TODAY PUSHED THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH UP TO 63.5 DEGREES. THIS IS THE SECOND WARMEST MARCH AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD...ONLY 1.3 DEGREES BEHIND THE TOP WARMEST MARCH AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64.8 DEGREES IN 1910. $$ TRM