Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
805 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...COMPARISON OF CURRENT SEASONAL SNOWFALL TO THE RECORDS...

SNOWFALL SO FAR THIS 2009-2010 SEASON THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH HAS BEEN
WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE AREA...SPECIFICALLY AT SIOUX FALLS...SIOUX
CITY...AND HURON...

                            SIOUX FALLS   SIOUX CITY    HURON

NORMAL TOTAL SEASONAL SNOW      40.6        31.4        42.1

SEASONAL SNOWFALL SO FAR        50.6        56.4        46.6

NORMAL SNOWFALL THRU FEB 9TH    24.9        20.0        24.2

DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL SO FAR    25.7        36.4        22.4

NORMAL FOR REST OF SEASON       15.7        11.4        17.9



TOP TEN SEASONAL SNOWFALLS FOR EACH SITE...

      SIOUX FALLS           SIOUX CITY            HURON

1.  94.7  1968-1969       72.8  1916-1917        89.6  2000-2001
2.  79.8  1961-1962       72.3  1911-1912        77.7  1961-1962
3.  75.0  1983-1984       65.9  1961-1962        71.5  1974-1975
4.  70.5  1982-1983       65.8  1959-1960        67.4  1968-1968
5.  66.3  1928-1929       60.8  1983-1984        66.6  1985-1986
6.  63.7  1996-1997       59.5  1982-1983        64.5  1993-1994
7.  63.5  1951-1952       58.3  2003-2004        62.6  1936-1937
8.  63.2  1935-1936       57.8  1935-1936        61.3  1988-1989
9.  61.6  1959-1960       56.8  1981-1982        60.8  1995-1996
10. 60.5  1955-1956       56.4..2009-2010        60.6  1937-1938

NOTICE THAT SIOUX CITY HAS ALREADY HAD THEIR 10TH SNOWIEST SEASON ON
RECORD. ASSUMING A NORMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 11.4 INCHES FOR THE
SEASON...THIS WOULD MAKE THE THIRD SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD....BUT
IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE RARE TO HAVE NORMAL SNOWFALL...SO WE WILL SEE.
IN ADDITION...ASSUMING NORMAL SNOWFALL AT SIOUX FALLS AND HURON...
THEY TOO HAVE A SHOT AT MAKING IT INTO THE TOP TEN SNOWIEST SEASONS.

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RYRHOLM
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