A Look at Cool Weekend Temperatures - July 17-19,2009

The past few days were seasonably below normal across our area. Here is a look at where some of the low temperatures will end up in the record book. Highlighted in green are new record lows, highlighted in yellow are ties with the record coldest minimums.

Area Sites
with Long
Period of Record	7/17/2009	7/18/2009	7/19/2009
(Greater than 30 years)	Low Friday Morning	Low Saturday Morning	Low Sunday Morning
	Low Friday Morning	Low Saturday Morning	Low Sunday Morning
Academy, SD	49 third coldest min	48 ties coldest set in 1922	49 ties coldest set in 1947
Brookings, SD	50 ties seventh coldest min	48 ties third coldest min	46 ties third coldest min
Chamberlain, SD	49 breaks 59 set in 2004	50 breaks 57 set in 2006/2005
Forestburg, SD	48 fifth coldest min	51 ties fourth coldest min	51 ties fourth coldest min
Huron, SD	47 third coldest min	48 breaks 49 set in 1972/1893	53 ties 12th coldest min
Mitchell, SD	50 breaks 57 set in 2004	52 second coldest min	55 breaks 61 set in 2005
Sioux Falls, SD	51 ties fifth coldest min	50 ties coldest 2006/1893	50 ties fourth coldest
Vermillion, SD	47 second coldest min	47 second coldest min	49 ties coldest set in 1911
Yankton, SD	51 ties coldest set in 1976	50 breaks 53 set in 1984/72	50 ties coldest set in 1947

Lakefield, MN	50 breaks 55 set in 1999	48 breaks 53 set in 2000	46 breaks 50 set in 2000
Marshall, MN	49 breaks 51 set in 1995/79	49 breaks 51 set in 2000	49 breaks 51 set in 2000
Pipestone, MN	44 ties coldest set in 1984/76	44 ties coldest set in 1984	44 ties coldest set in 1911
Worthington, MN	46 second coldest min	49 breaks 50 set in 1984	46 breaks 50 set in 2000

Hawarden, IA	52 ties second coldest min
Sibley, IA	46 second coldest min	43 breaks 45 set in 1914	42 ties coldest set in 1947
Sioux Center, IA	49 ties third coldest min	48 ties coldest set in 1979
Sioux City, IA	49 second coldest min	50 breaks 53 set in 1979/22	49 breaks 50 set in 1947
Sioux Rapids, IA	50 breaks 51 set in 1989
Spencer, IA	50 ties coldest set in 1919/1896	49 ties coldest set in 1922	45 breaks 46 set in 1945

Wakefield, NE	47 fourth coldest min	49 ties coldest set in 1922	49 second coldest min