Weekend blizzard expected to batter upper Midwest - USATODAY.com

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Wind chill readings could plummet to 50 below zero in North Dakota, and a blizzard warning has been issued for parts of northeast South Dakota and western Minnesota as another round of snow and fierce winds is expected to create whiteout conditions in the upper Midwest this weekend.
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Sioux City, Iowa, was hit hardest, with 10.3 inches of snow. Already, this month is the second-snowiest December on record for Sioux City, according to reports from the weather service in Sioux Falls.

As of today, Sioux City has seen 21 inches of snow. The city's record snowfall for December is 26.4 inches, set in 1897.

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