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22 May 1893 → Farms near Darlington, WI vanished as an F5 (estimated) tornado swept them away. Three people were killed.
22 May 1933 → A multi-vortex tornado that was nearly a mile wide and probably an F5 killed 8 people near Tyron, NE, six of whom were from the same family.
22 May 1948 → A rare early season hurricane struck Hispanola, killing an estimated 80 people.
22 May 1995 → Cantaloupe sized hail was reported in Preston, KS.
22 May 1996 → Collapsing nighttime thunderstorms in Oklahoma caused a large heat burst that made temperatures rise to over 100 degrees at midnight.
22 May 2004 → The world's widest tornado, with a maximum width of two and a half miles, struck Hallam, NE with F4 strength.
22 May 2011 → Joplin, MO was struck by a devastating EF5 tornado that took 159 lives, making it the deadliest tornado since the Woodward Tornado in 1947. The tornado was half a mile wide and stayed on the ground for 7 miles, destroying a hospital.

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December 10, 2000:

Heavy snow of 6 to 8 inches fell across parts of Lyman and Jones counties on the 10th and 11th. Some amounts included 6 inches at Kennebec and Okaton and 8 inches at Murdo.


Record Highs: Record Lows:
Aberdeen: 58 (1979) Aberdeen: -29 (1972)
Kennebec: 62 (1895) Kennebec: -27 (1917)
Mobridge: 60 (1979) Mobridge: -41 (1917)
Pierre: 58 (1987) Pierre: -14 (1972)
Sisseton: 55 (1979) Sisseton: -21 (1977)
Timber Lake: 64 (1979) Timber Lake: -21 (1972)
Watertown: 53 (1928) Watertown: -20 (1972)
Wheaton: 57 (2006) Wheaton: -22 (1977)

Record Precipitation: Record Snowfall:
Aberdeen: 0.50" (1893) Aberdeen: 5.0" (1893)
Kennebec: 0.26" (1970) Kennebec: 4.0" (1970)
Mobridge: 0.16" (1970) Mobridge: 3.0" (1970)
Pierre: 0.36" (1970) Pierre: 3.6" (1970)
Sisseton: 0.20" (2004) Sisseton: 2.0" (1900)
Timber Lake: 0.68" (1970) Timber Lake: 7.0" (1970)
Watertown: 0.47" (1949) Watertown: 3.0" (1893)
Wheaton: 0.27" (1918) Wheaton: 3.5" (1983)

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