It is very rare that I get to update the sacred list of all-time state highs and lows...yesterday may have been one of those occasions...
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
500 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 2006
...POSSIBLE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED FOR THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA...
A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 120 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT A NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITE THIS AFTERNOON...LOCATED 8 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF USTA. IF THIS TEMPERATURE IS OFFICIALLY
VERIFIED...IT WILL TIE THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. ON JULY 5 1936...GANN VALLEY SET THE RECORD
OF 120 DEGREES.
All time record highs were established at the Rapid City Airport (111F), Pierre (117F) and Timber Lake (107F). The 116F at Mobridge tied their all time record high.
A cold front will bring cooler weather to South Dakota today, with highs some 5-10 degrees cooler than yesterday, but that still means highs around 100F!
Many thanks to J.B. and John for pointing out these important tidbits.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
500 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 2006
...POSSIBLE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED FOR THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA...
A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 120 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT A NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITE THIS AFTERNOON...LOCATED 8 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF USTA. IF THIS TEMPERATURE IS OFFICIALLY
VERIFIED...IT WILL TIE THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. ON JULY 5 1936...GANN VALLEY SET THE RECORD
OF 120 DEGREES.
All time record highs were established at the Rapid City Airport (111F), Pierre (117F) and Timber Lake (107F). The 116F at Mobridge tied their all time record high.
A cold front will bring cooler weather to South Dakota today, with highs some 5-10 degrees cooler than yesterday, but that still means highs around 100F!
Many thanks to J.B. and John for pointing out these important tidbits.