SXUS73 KFSD 011823 RERSUX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 122 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX CITY IA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 115 PM CDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY REACHED 90 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE OF RECORD FOR THE DATE...PREVIOUSLY 88 DEGREES IN 2003. THIS IS THIRD EARLIEST 90 DEGREE READING FOR SIOUX CITY...WITH THE EARLIEST BEING 91 DEGREES ON MARCH 30 1968 AND 90 DEGREES ON MARCH 31 2012...AND ALSO IS THE EARLIEST BACK TO BACK 90 DEGREE DAYS ON RECORD. SHOULD THE TEMPERATURE REACH 92 DEGREES TODAY...THIS WOULD BE THE WARMEST SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. 98 DEGREES APRIL 28 1910 97 DEGREES APRIL 22 1980 95 DEGREES APRIL 15 2002 91 DEGREES MARCH 30 1968 $$ CHAPMAN SXUS73 KFSD 020030 RERSUX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 730 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX CITY IA TODAY... THE FINAL HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS FIRST DAY OF APRIL 2012 AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 93 DEGREES...AT 441 PM CDT. THIS SETS A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE DATE...REPLACING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 88 DEGREES...SET IN 2003. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 93 DEGREES TODAY IS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. FOUR OTHER RECORDS INCLUDE: 98 DEGREES APRIL 28 1910 97 DEGREES APRIL 22 1980 95 DEGREES APRIL 15 2002 91 DEGREES MARCH 30 1968 SINCE YESTERDAY REACHED A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES. THIS IS ALSO THE EARLIEST BACK TO BACK 90 DEGREE DAYS ON RECORD. THIS IS THE 7TH RECORD TO BE BROKEN IN THE 20 DAY PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 13TH AND APRIL 1ST. THROUGH THIS STRETCH...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN 76.9 DEGREES. THIS IS 3.9 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. $$ TRM