As Billy Idol would say, it's hot in the city! So hot, Sioux Falls and many surrounding communities are being forced to put lawn watering restrictions in play.
Drought or abnormal dryness has expanded or intensified across parts of the West, Midwest, other parts of the Plains during the month of April as area farmers are now in full spring tilling and planting mode.
In the summer of 1988 Sioux Falls melted under a record-breaking heatwave. South Dakota and much of the country suffered along with us during a horrible drought.