Great Lakes Snow through Friday; High Winds in the Northern and Central Plains

A clipper storm will drop south from Canada today bringing wintry weather from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes through Friday. This system is expected to bring strong northerly winds to much of the northern and central High Plains this afternoon through Friday, with gusts up to 60 mph expected. Read More >

As an update to the story published earlier this week on dew point records, the following table includes sites from Sioux Falls’ area as well. The day that story was published (8/1), Aberdeen and Sisseton tied their records. Notice that both Huron and Sisseton set records this summer. By comparing recent dew point temperatures to the records, this summer’s uncomfortable conditions can be confirmed!

Site	Highest Recent Dew Point Temperature	Recent Date	Record Dew Point Temperature	Record Date	Period of Record
Aberdeen	82°F	8/1/2011, 7/17/2011	82°F	8/1/2011, 7/17/2011, 7/18/2001, 7/29/1999	1948-2011
Huron	81°F	7/18/2011, 7/17/2011	81°F	7/18/2011, 7/17/2011	1892-2011
Mitchell	80°F	7/18/2011, 7/16/2011	86°F	7/15/2002, 8/8/1975	1973-2011
Mobridge	80°F	7/18/2011, 7/17/2011	83°F	6/12/1987	1977-2011
Pierre	80°F	7/16/2011	84°F	7/1/2000	1948-2011
Sioux Falls	81°F	7/17/2011	82°F	7/10/2004	1942-2011
Sisseton	83°F	8/1/2011, 7/17/2011	83°F	8/1/2011, 7/17/2011	2001-2011
Watertown	80°F	7/19/2011, 7/18/2011, 7/17/2011	81°F	7/29/1999, 7/12/1995	1948-2011

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Great Lakes Snow through Friday; High Winds in the Northern and Central Plains

Dew Point Records July and August 2011