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Heavy rain fell across portions of southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa last week. The heaviest rainfall was in southwest sections of Sioux Falls where 7.52 inches of rain was reoprted.  Areas of Turner County South Dakota as well as Plymouth County Iowa received 3 to 5 inches of rain.  The Sioux City area  had from 1 to 3 inches of rain.

Below is a map which shows the rainfall across the area followed by a listing of rainfall reports.  Due to space limittations, not all of the reports in the Sioux Falls area were included on the map.  Click here to get a closer look at the rainfall around Sioux Falls

Rainfall total map across the region for 27-28 August 2015

 

Rainfall reports from northwest Iowa
Location Rainfall (in.)
Remsen 3.52
Orange City 2.84
Cleghorn 4.4 N 2.80
Sioux Center 2.6 N 2.80
Holly Springs 1 NW 2.56
Cleghorn 2.43
Storm Lake 2 E 2.36
Battle Creek 3 NE 2.34
Sioux City Airport 2.16
Holstein 1.96
Sioux Center 1.95
Correctionville 1.74
Sioux City 1 SW 1.69
Storm Lake Airport 1.68
Alton 1.66
Hornick 1.58
Rock Rapids 3 N 1.52
Cherokee 1.45
Rock Rapids 1.27
Westfield 4 SSE 1.22
Spencer 1.22
Hartley 1 NW 1.10
Sheldon 1.01
Lester 1.00
Everly 0.96
Le Mars Airport 0.93
Sibley 0.91
Linn Grove 0.88
Spencer Airport 0.83
Lake Park 3.2 SSE 0.80
Lake Park 0.74
Akron 0.53
Spirit Lake 0.44

 

Rainfall Reports from Southwest Minneaota
Location Rainfall (in.)
Lake Benton 1.44
Tracy 1.24
Luverne 0.92
Round Lake 1 NNE 0.87
Jackson Airport 0.69
Lakefield 0.54
Ghent 2.8 ENE 0.47
Jasper 0.43
Heron Lake 7 E 0.35
Edgerton 0.28
Pipestone 0.19
Worthington 0.16
Storden 0.14
Slayton 0.10
Salyton 9.7 NNE 0.10
Marshall 0.03

 

Rainfall Reports from Northeast Nebraska
Location Rainfall (in.)
Emerson 2.64
Hubbard 3.1 SW 2.27
Hubbard 1.97

 

Rainfall Reports from Southeast South Dakota
Location Rainfall (in.)
Sioux Falls 3.9 SW 7.52
Centerville 4.13
Centerville 7 NE 4.05
Harrisburg 3 NW 3.81
Hurley 2.67
Sioux Falls Airport 2.61
Beresford 2.60
Rowena 1 NE 2.38
Brandon 1 NNE 2.30
Chamberlain 7 SSW 2.29
Springfield 7.6 WNW 2.20
Parker 6.8 WSW 2.13
Hudson 8.3 WNW 2.03
Marion 1.98
Chamberlain Airport 1.73
Lennox 3 NE 1.73
Dolton 1 N 1.72
Tyndall 1.65
Burke 2 NE 1.60
Bridgewater 1.20
Olivet 4 SE 1.15
Geddes 3 W 1.13
Worthing 2 W 1.08
Elk Point 5. 6 NNE 0.80
Platte 0.69
Gayville 0.67
Yankton Airport 0.65
Dimock 10 W 0.65
Vermillion 0.51
Corsica 3 SSW 0.50
Alexandria 0.40
Parkston 6.5 WSW 0.39
Armour 5 W 0.39
Tabor 0.38
Herrick 6 WSW 0.38
Mitchell 6.2 S 0.35
Delmont 4.2 ESE 0.34
Alexandria 6 N 0.25
Del Rapids 6 NW 0.25
Dell Rapids 1 WNW 0.25
Chamberlain 7 NNE 0.23
Montrose 2 NE 0.19
Mitchell Airport 0.15
Hitchcock 7 WSW 0.13
Rutland 4 WNW 0.11
Howard 10 NE 0.09
Howard 5 W 0.09
Wosley 4 ENE 0.05
Huron 7 NNE 0.05
Huron Airport 0.03
Brookings 1 SW 0.02
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