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Thursday's snowfall set a record in Sioux City

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By Ross Caniglia, Multimedia Journalist/ Weekend Meteorologist - bio | email
Sioux City has a total of 10 inches of snow. Sioux City has a total of 10 inches of snow.
The Veterans Memorial Bridge is in the background. The Veterans Memorial Bridge is in the background.
Cars traveling along Gordon Drive. Cars traveling along Gordon Drive.
Downtown Sioux City on Friday. Downtown Sioux City on Friday.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -

Since records have been kept, the National Weather Service says there's never been 8 inches of snow on February 21st, until this past Thursday.

The previous record was 3.7 inches in 1913.

Thursday's 8 inches of snow is equivalent to 0.62 inches of liquid, which also beats the previous record of 0.55 inches set back in 1913.

 

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