…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX CITY IA THIS AFTERNOON…

THE FINAL HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 31ST 2012 AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 90 DEGREES…AT 524 PM CDT. THIS EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 DEGREES…SET IN 1978.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES TODAY PUSHED THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH UP TO 67.8 DEGREES. THIS IS THE WARMEST MARCH AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD…EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARMEST MARCH AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64.3 DEGREES FROM 1910 BY 3.5 DEGREES.