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Minnehaha County · South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD weather averages

NOAA climate normals for 1991-2020, measured at Sioux Falls, 11.1 km from the city centre — month by month temperature, rain and snow.

Quick answer

Sioux Falls averages a daily high of 56.6°F and a daily low of 34.9°F across the year, with 26.38 inches of precipitation. July is the warmest month at 84.1°F and January the coldest at 6.9°F.

Average annual high
56.6°FWarmest month July
Average annual low
34.9°FColdest month January
Precipitation per year
26.38 inWettest month June
Snowfall per year
44.5 in164.3 days at or below 32°F

Sioux Falls weather month by month

Normal daily high and low, precipitation and snowfall for each month, 1991-2020.

MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip inSnow inRange
January26.46.90.567.76.9 to 26.4 degrees
February31.311.70.66.911.7 to 31.3 degrees
March43.122.71.768.422.7 to 43.1 degrees
April58.534.43.014.634.4 to 58.5 degrees
May69.846.23.4046.2 to 69.8 degrees
June79.256.43.92056.4 to 79.2 degrees
July84.161.93.09061.9 to 84.1 degrees
August81.759.63.05059.6 to 81.7 degrees
September73.249.32.77049.3 to 73.2 degrees
October59.636.12.171.336.1 to 59.6 degrees
November42.522.71.367.422.7 to 42.5 degrees
December28.59.80.698.29.8 to 28.5 degrees

Source: NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 — station USW00014944, Sioux Falls · rates as published for 1991-2020 normals

How to read Sioux Falls climate normals

What a climate normal is, and what it is not.

A normal is the average of thirty years of daily observations at one station — here Sioux Falls, 11.1 km from the centre of Sioux Falls. It describes a typical year, so any single year will run warmer, cooler, wetter or drier. Readings taken at an airport on the edge of town usually sit a degree or two below a dense downtown on summer nights. Sioux Falls sees about 13.8 days a year at or above 90°F and about 52.1 days with a tenth of an inch of precipitation or more.

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