Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 419 of Weather Break.
Last week was the 75th anniversary of the Great South Dakota Dust Storm of 1933.  This was one of the greatest single dust storms of the so-called Dust Bowl years of the 1930s.  On today’s episode of Weather Break, Creighton University student Jeff [...]

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Click here to listen to Episode 404 of Weather Break.
On the morning of January 22, 1943, the town of Spearfish, South Dakota set the all time record for greatest two-minute temperature change.  This 49 degree temperature increase was due to a particularly strong example of what is known as a chinook.  [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 016 of Weather Break.
Lake Effect Snow has been in the news a lot lately.  In the second week of February, parts of upstate New York received more than 140 inches of Lake Effect Snow.  Does Lake Effect Snow happen on the big reservoirs of Nebraska [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 014 of Weather Break.
HTML clipboardThe coldest day on record in South Dakota was 71 years ago this next weekend, when McIntosh, SD recorded a morning low of -58°F.  Creighton University student Beth Dickey talked with Dr. Jon Schrage about this amazing cold snap and the [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 002 of Weather Break.
Today, Creighton student Ross Caniglia interviews Mr. Jon Becker from the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). Using a network of Road Weather Information System (RWIS) observing stations around the state, the SDDOT is able to gather information about weather and road conditions. This [...]

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