Sioux Falls, SD: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 31.2°F in Sioux Falls, SD, the warmest February since 2024, 8th warmest of 134.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 31.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 8th warmest of 134
Precipitation: 0.03 in; Driest since 1937; 4th driest of 134

A normal February in Sioux Falls, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.1°F, between 13.2°F and 30°F in eight years of ten and 0.68 in of precipitation, between 0.18 in and 1.41 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Sioux Falls, SD since 1893: 31.2°F in 2026; the highest is 35.7°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 13.2 to 30°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Sioux Falls, SD from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	31.2	8	44	4	18.3	19	0.03	130	0
2025	16.8	85	29.1	69	4.5	100	0.42	80	0
2024	35.7	1	46.3	1	25.1	1	0.22	105	0
2023	20.4	59	31.8	52	9	72	1.42	20	0
2022	20.1	63	33.5	41	6.6	87	0.38	85	0
2021	12.8	118	21.4	122	4.3	103	0.73	54	0
2020	23.3	42	32.7	46	13.9	38	0.18	112	0
2019	10.8	126	18.9	129	2.8	110	1.56	16	0
2018	14	104	24.3	105	3.7	106	1.16	33	0
2017	31.7	6	41.9	7	21.6	8	0.49	70	0
2016	26.9	20	34.5	31	19.2	17	1.20	31	0
2015	15.5	93	26.1	89	4.9	95	0.41	81	0
2014	11.8	121	22.2	120	1.4	118	0.68	57	0
2013	21.5	56	30.3	61	12.7	49	0.94	40	0
2012	26.6	22	36.4	22	16.7	24	2.43	5	0
2011	16.8	85	26.4	87	7.2	85	0.95	39	0
2010	14.6	101	23.4	113	5.9	90	1.29	26	0
2009	23.7	37	34.6	30	12.7	49	0.41	81	0
2008	14.8	98	24.9	101	4.8	96	0.57	64	0
2007	13.6	107	21.1	123	6.1	88	1.29	26	0
2006	23.2	44	33.7	37	12.8	48	0.14	115	0
2005	28.6	17	39	13	18.1	20	1.12	34	0
2004	20.3	61	28.1	77	12.4	53	1.11	35	0
2003	18.8	74	30.1	62	7.5	82	0.64	61	0
2002	29.5	15	42.3	6	16.8	23	0.27	97	0
2001	11.1	125	21	126	1.2	120	0.65	59	0
2000	30.4	9	41.2	8	19.6	15	1.04	37	0
1999	29.8	13	38.7	14	21	9	0.28	96	0
1998	31.8	5	39.5	12	24.1	2	0.67	58	0
1997	17.9	78	27.1	83	8.7	75	1.39	21	0
1996	22.6	48	33.3	43	11.8	57	0.16	114	0
1995	23.5	38	33	44	14	36	0.13	116	0
1994	13.3	112	23.9	108	2.7	112	0.63	62	0
1993	15	95	22.4	119	7.6	81	0.81	50	0
1992	30	12	37.1	21	22.8	4	1.76	12	0
1991	29.8	13	40.6	11	19	18	0.34	89	0
1990	24.8	31	37.4	19	12.3	54	0.31	94	0
1989	9.2	129	20.4	128	-2	129	0.51	67	0
1988	15	95	25.3	96	4.6	97	0.25	102	0
1987	32.8	4	44.5	2	21	9	0.26	98	0
1986	16.9	83	24.4	104	9.4	69	0.05	127	0
1985	19.9	67	30.1	62	9.6	67	0.05	127	0
1984	27.8	18	35.2	29	20.3	12	1.10	36	0
1983	26.1	24	32.3	47	20	13	0.22	105	0
1982	20.2	62	30	66	10.3	63	0.13	116	0
1981	25.9	26	37.6	18	14.3	33	0.33	90	0
1980	18.1	77	25.6	94	10.6	62	0.47	73	0
1979	7.5	131	17.5	131	-2.5	130	0.41	81	0
1978	8.6	130	17.4	132	-0.3	124	0.33	90	0
1977	25.6	28	37.2	20	14	36	0.83	47	0
1976	29.5	15	38.4	16	20.6	11	0.48	71	0
1975	16.5	91	25.1	98	7.8	80	0.22	105	0
1974	24.3	33	34.3	34	14.3	33	0.30	95	0
1973	23.1	45	30.4	60	15.8	28	0.43	79	0
1972	11.4	122	23.6	110	-0.7	126	0.40	84	0
1971	18.8	74	28	79	9.6	67	0.90	44	0
1970	19.4	70	30.1	62	8.6	78	0.10	120	0
1969	18.9	71	27.1	83	10.8	61	2.55	4	0
1968	18.9	71	29.1	69	8.7	75	0.09	123	0
1967	15.3	94	28.1	77	2.4	114	0.44	78	0
1966	17.3	80	27.5	82	7.1	86	0.99	38	0
1965	13	114	26	90	0	123	1.46	19	0
1964	26.8	21	38.7	14	15	29	0.08	125	0
1963	19.8	68	30.9	57	8.7	75	0.53	66	0
1962	17.2	81	25.4	95	9	72	4.05	1	0
1961	23.5	38	34.2	36	12.9	47	0.92	41	0
1960	14.1	103	22.8	117	5.5	94	0.22	105	0
1959	13.7	105	25.8	92	1.7	117	0.92	41	0
1958	16.9	83	29.1	69	4.6	97	1.77	11	0
1957	23.4	40	34.5	31	12.3	54	0.26	98	0
1956	13.5	108	25.3	96	1.8	116	0.38	85	0
1955	12.9	116	23.1	116	2.8	110	0.92	41	0
1954	33.4	2	42.8	5	24	3	1.88	10	0
1953	22.3	51	31	56	13.6	40	1.91	9	0
1952	24.9	30	33.6	39	16.2	26	2.09	7	0
1951	24.2	35	35.8	25	12.6	52	1.60	14	0
1950	19.8	68	30.1	62	9.4	69	0.55	65	0
1949	13.5	108	24.1	106	2.9	109	0.05	127	0
1948	16.7	87	27.9	80	5.6	93	1.28	28	0
1947	14.7	100	25	100	4.4	102	0.19	111	0
1946	22	54	32.2	49	11.8	57	0.73	54	0
1945	24.2	35	33.5	41	14.8	31	2.18	6	0
1944	22.1	52	32.2	49	12	56	1.60	14	0
1943	25.4	29	36.2	23	14.1	35	0.50	69	1
1942	21.8	55	30.6	58	13	44	0.33	90	0
1941	17.9	78	26.9	85	9	72	0.58	63	0
1940	21.5	56	29.3	68	13.7	39	1.33	24	0
1939	13.4	110	24.1	106	2.6	113	1.48	18	0
1938	23.3	42	31.9	51	14.7	32	1.65	13	0
1937	17.1	82	26.8	86	7.4	84	0.01	132	0
1936	0.5	134	11.9	134	-10.9	134	1.18	32	0
1935	30.4	9	38.1	17	22.8	4	0.83	47	0
1934	23.4	40	33.7	37	13.1	43	0.10	120	0
1933	15	95	25.9	91	4	105	0.48	71	0
1932	22.6	48	31.7	53	13.4	41	0.83	47	0
1931	33.4	2	44.4	3	22.4	7	0.03	130	0
1930	31.7	6	40.8	10	22.7	6	0.47	73	0
1929	12.4	119	23.4	113	1.4	118	1.36	23	0
1928	25.7	27	34.3	34	17	22	1.33	24	0
1927	26.3	23	35.5	27	17.1	21	0.69	56	0
1926	27.8	18	35.6	26	19.9	14	0.09	123	0
1925	24.7	32	33.6	39	15.9	27	0.32	93	0
1924	26.1	24	35.9	24	16.3	25	0.88	45	0
1923	18.5	76	31.1	55	5.9	90	trace	133	0
1922	13.7	105	25.1	98	2.4	114	0.80	51	0
1921	30.3	11	41	9	19.6	15	0.26	98	0
1920	20.1	63	28.8	73	11.5	59	0.80	51	0
1919	20.4	59	27.8	81	13	44	2.77	2	0
1918	16.7	87	28.9	72	4.6	97	0.26	98	0
1917	6.8	132	18.1	130	-4.4	132	0.12	118	0
1916	12.9	116	22.8	117	3	107	0.25	102	0
1915	22.7	47	30.5	59	15	29	1.95	8	0
1914	11.4	122	23.9	108	-1.1	127	0.86	46	0
1913	16.6	90	28.6	75	4.5	100	1.39	21	0
1912	18.9	71	28.7	74	9.1	71	0.08	125	0
1911	22.5	50	32.3	47	12.7	49	1.22	30	0
1910	13.4	110	25.8	92	1	122	0.12	118	0
1909	20	65	30	66	10.1	64	2.65	3	0
1908	20	65	28.4	76	11.5	59	1.55	17	0
1907	22.9	46	32.9	45	13	44	0.21	110	0
1906	22.1	52	34.4	33	9.8	65	0.38	85	0
1905	11.4	122	23.5	112	-0.6	125	0.45	76	0
1904	9.5	128	22	121	-3	131	0.45	76	0
1903	12.4	119	20.5	127	4.2	104	0.47	73	0
1902	16.7	87	24.7	103	8.6	78	0.37	88	0
1901	14.3	102	21.1	123	7.5	82	0.10	120	0
1900	14.8	98	23.6	110	6	89	0.25	102	0
1899	4.7	133	15.6	133	-6.1	133	0.65	59	0
1898	20.6	58	31.4	54	9.7	66	0.17	113	0
1897	16	92	26.3	88	5.7	92	0.80	51	0
1896	24.3	33	35.3	28	13.3	42	0.51	67	0
1895	13	114	24.8	102	1.2	120	0.22	105	0
1894	13.2	113	23.3	115	3	107	trace	133	0
1893	9.8	127	21.1	123	-1.6	128	1.25	29	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	35.7
1954	33.4
1931	33.4
1987	32.8
1998	31.8
2017	31.7
1930	31.7
2026	31.2
2000	30.4
1935	30.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	0.5
1899	4.7
1917	6.8
1979	7.5
1978	8.6
1989	9.2
1904	9.5
1893	9.8
2019	10.8
2001	11.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	4.05
1919	2.77
1909	2.65
1969	2.55
2012	2.43
1945	2.18
1952	2.09
1915	1.95
1953	1.91
1954	1.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1923	trace
1894	trace
1937	0.01
2026	0.03
1931	0.03
1986	0.05
1985	0.05
1949	0.05
1964	0.08
1912	0.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 17 February 2026
Coldest night: -4°F; 23 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.02 in; 25 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.03 in of precipitation in Sioux Falls, SD, the driest February since 1937, tied 4th driest of 134 (with 1931).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: 65°F on Tuesday 17 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: a low of -4°F on Monday 23 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: 0.02 in on Wednesday 25 February 2026.