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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Sunday

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms may pose a risk for damaging wind gusts over the Carolinas, southeast Virginia, and the Tennessee Valley Sunday afternoon then the northern Plains from late afternoon into Sunday night. Monsoonal thunderstorms may cause locally considerable flash, urban, and small stream flooding in the Southwest U.S. the next few days. Read More >

Weather History Archive

Weather History - March 16th

Local and Regional Events:

March 16, 2012:

Temperatures reaching eighty degrees or higher in March across central and northeast South Dakota are rare, and for this to occur in mid-March is exceedingly rare. On March 16th, several locations across the area set record highs by topping the 80-degree mark, including Aberdeen, Mobridge, and Pierre. Sisseton and Watertown also set records for March 16th. Aberdeen topped out at 81 degrees, Mobridge reached 83 degrees, with 86 degrees at Pierre. Click HERE for more information.