Sioux Falls, SD: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 48.8°F in Sioux Falls, SD, the warmest spring since 2025, tied 26th warmest of 133 (with 2015, 2010 and 1922).

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 48.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 26th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 7.26 in; Driest since 2025; 63rd driest of 133

A normal spring in Sioux Falls, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.9°F, between 41.5°F and 49°F in eight years of ten and 8.31 in of precipitation, between 5.28 in and 11.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Sioux Falls, SD since 1893: 48.8°F in 2026; the highest is 54.4°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 41.5 to 49°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	48.8	26	62.6	12	34.9	57	7.26	71	0
2025	49.9	12	63.1	8	36.6	30	5.65	96	0
2024	50	9	62.2	14	37.8	16	10.93	18	0
2023	46.7	52	57.8	60	35.6	44	3.32	130	0
2022	46.2	65	57.5	66	34.9	57	7.28	69	0
2021	49.5	16	61.1	23	38	9	6.74	77	0
2020	47.2	44	58.3	52	36.1	36	5.38	100	0
2019	43.9	100	53.7	112	34	81	15.25	1	0
2018	45.1	81	55.2	92	35	56	7.88	56	0
2017	47.3	43	57.8	60	36.8	27	6.64	79	0
2016	49.2	19	60.5	30	38	9	9.82	30	0
2015	48.8	26	61.4	19	36.2	35	5.33	101	0
2014	44.2	92	56.3	81	32.2	107	3.99	121	0
2013	41.4	126	51.2	130	31.5	117	10.96	16	0
2012	54.4	1	67.1	2	41.7	1	7.77	57	0
2011	43.4	109	53.5	115	33.3	92	9.25	42	0
2010	48.8	26	59.6	38	37.9	13	5.70	94	0
2009	45.8	70	57.4	71	34.2	73	4.69	112	0
2008	43	113	53.6	113	32.3	106	7.36	66	0
2007	49	23	60.1	36	37.9	13	9.53	37	0
2006	48.2	32	58.8	46	37.5	18	9.86	29	0
2005	47.2	44	58.7	47	35.7	39	10.08	27	0
2004	48.4	31	60.7	26	36.1	36	11.41	12	0
2003	45.4	72	57.3	72	33.6	88	6.55	81	0
2002	41.5	124	53.2	118	29.8	128	5.52	98	0
2001	44.6	87	55	94	34.2	73	9.67	32	0
2000	48.2	32	60.9	25	35.4	48	8.74	48	0
1999	46	68	56.9	75	35.1	54	11.67	11	0
1998	45.4	72	55.7	87	35.1	54	9.57	35	0
1997	40.9	127	52.3	124	29.5	129	6.24	87	0
1996	41.5	124	52.9	120	30.1	125	6.64	79	0
1995	44.1	95	53.5	115	34.7	61	14.65	2	0
1994	49	23	61.2	21	36.8	27	4.80	107	0
1993	43.4	109	53.4	117	33.4	91	12.91	7	0
1992	47	50	58.3	52	35.7	39	6.17	88	0
1991	49.8	14	61.4	19	38.2	8	9.27	41	0
1990	46.5	59	58.5	50	34.4	68	7.50	62	0
1989	45.1	81	57.5	66	32.8	99	4.08	119	0
1988	49.3	18	62.1	15	36.5	32	5.17	103	0
1987	51.7	4	64.2	3	39.3	6	6.49	83	0
1986	47.9	34	58.9	43	36.9	24	9.07	44	0
1985	51.1	6	62.8	10	39.3	6	10.84	20	0
1984	42	121	51.9	127	32.1	109	10.57	24	0
1983	43.2	112	52.5	121	33.9	83	9.15	43	0
1982	45.4	72	55.6	89	35.3	53	7.76	58	0
1981	50	9	63.5	6	36.5	32	3.05	131	0
1980	46.7	52	59	42	34.3	69	3.99	121	0
1979	42.5	119	52.3	124	32.7	103	11.12	14	0
1978	44.2	92	54	110	34.3	69	8.01	55	0
1977	52.1	3	62.7	11	41.5	2	8.94	46	0
1976	47.5	39	60.5	30	34.6	65	4.77	109	0
1975	42.7	117	53.2	118	32.2	107	6.06	91	0
1974	46.3	63	57.9	58	34.7	61	6.09	89	0
1973	47.6	37	58.5	50	36.8	27	7.57	60	0
1972	44.8	84	55.1	93	34.6	65	10.95	17	0
1971	44.7	85	57	74	32.4	105	3.50	127	0
1970	43.7	107	54.5	99	32.9	97	10.61	23	0
1969	42.8	114	54.3	105	31.2	120	3.69	125	0
1968	46.7	52	60.7	26	32.8	99	7.64	59	0
1967	45.4	72	58	56	32.8	99	4.76	110	0
1966	44.4	90	56.9	75	31.9	112	4.35	116	0
1965	42.1	120	52.5	121	31.7	113	11.73	10	0
1964	45.4	72	57.7	65	33.1	95	7.44	64	0
1963	49.2	19	60.6	28	37.9	13	4.41	115	0
1962	44.4	90	54.5	99	34.3	69	9.49	38	0
1961	44.2	92	54.3	105	34	81	6.85	76	0
1960	40.4	129	51.5	129	29.3	130	10.62	22	0
1959	46.9	51	58	56	35.8	38	8.17	52	0
1958	46.5	59	58.1	54	34.8	59	4.31	117	0
1957	44.1	95	55	94	33.2	93	9.88	28	0
1956	42.8	114	54.7	98	31	121	4.79	108	0
1955	49.1	22	62.5	13	35.7	39	4.62	113	0
1954	42.8	114	54.3	105	31.3	119	5.84	93	0
1953	43.5	108	54.2	108	32.8	99	9.80	31	0
1952	43.9	100	54.2	108	33.7	86	5.16	104	0
1951	40.4	129	50.1	132	30.7	123	9.40	39	0
1950	39.2	133	49.9	133	28.5	132	7.27	70	0
1949	46.6	57	57.8	60	35.4	48	6.07	90	0
1948	45.9	69	57.5	66	34.3	69	5.61	97	0
1947	42	121	52.3	124	31.7	113	4.93	106	0
1946	49.4	17	61.6	17	37.3	20	4.60	114	0
1945	46.4	61	58.1	54	34.7	61	7.56	61	0
1944	43.8	104	53.6	113	34.1	78	8.26	51	0
1943	43.9	100	56.1	85	31.6	116	4.94	105	0
1942	46.7	52	57.9	58	35.5	47	11.25	13	0
1941	49.2	19	58.9	43	39.5	5	8.09	54	0
1940	44.5	89	54.9	96	34.2	73	7.22	72	1
1939	49.9	12	61.8	16	38	9	6.37	84	0
1938	50.6	8	61	24	40.3	3	9.67	32	0
1937	47.2	44	57.2	73	37.2	21	10.51	25	0
1936	49	23	60.6	28	37.4	19	13.20	5	0
1935	46.4	61	56.2	83	36.6	30	13.15	6	0
1934	50	9	63.1	8	36.9	24	1.62	133	0
1933	45.2	79	55.7	87	34.6	65	5.30	102	0
1932	44.6	87	54.9	96	34.2	73	6.72	78	0
1931	46.2	65	58.6	48	33.8	84	1.97	132	0
1930	46.7	52	57.8	60	35.6	44	7.35	68	0
1929	47.8	35	58.6	48	36.9	24	9.03	45	0
1928	47.5	39	59.4	40	35.7	39	3.72	124	0
1927	46.6	57	56	86	37.1	22	13.51	4	0
1926	47.6	37	60.5	30	34.7	61	3.36	129	0
1925	51	7	64.2	3	37.8	16	4.21	118	0
1924	45.3	78	56.5	79	34.1	78	5.87	92	0
1923	46.3	63	58.9	43	33.8	84	8.15	53	0
1922	48.8	26	59.7	37	38	9	3.55	126	0
1921	51.7	4	63.5	6	39.8	4	9.33	40	0
1920	44.1	95	54.4	103	33.7	86	14.24	3	3
1919	45.4	72	55.4	90	35.4	48	7.36	66	0
1918	47.2	44	60.2	33	34.2	73	6.54	82	0
1917	40.6	128	51.2	130	30	127	8.85	47	0
1916	43.3	111	54.5	99	32.1	109	8.46	49	0
1915	43.8	104	54.5	99	33.2	93	5.69	95	0
1914	45.6	71	57.5	66	33.6	88	6.25	86	0
1913	43.9	100	56.2	83	31.7	113	11.11	15	2
1912	44	98	56.5	79	31.4	118	6.90	75	0
1911	49.7	15	63.7	5	35.7	39	4.70	111	0
1910	52.6	2	68.3	1	37	23	4.06	120	0
1909	43.8	104	55.4	90	32.1	109	7.01	73	0
1908	47.5	39	59.5	39	35.6	44	10.90	19	1
1907	42.7	117	54.4	103	30.9	122	3.49	128	0
1906	44.9	83	56.3	81	33.5	90	7.49	63	0
1905	47.5	39	60.2	33	34.8	59	9.57	35	0
1904	44	98	57.5	66	30.4	124	5.46	99	1
1903	46.1	67	56.8	77	35.4	48	10.68	21	0
1902	47.8	35	59.2	41	36.3	34	8.27	50	0
1901									31
1900	47.2	44	60.2	33	34.1	78	6.28	85	0
1899	39.4	132	52.5	121	26.4	133	9.60	34	0
1898	45.2	79	57.8	60	32.5	104	12.27	8	0
1897	42	121	53.9	111	30.1	125	6.91	74	0
1896	44.7	85	56.6	78	32.9	97	10.40	26	0
1895	47.1	49	61.2	21	33.1	95	7.40	65	0
1894	48.5	30	61.6	17	35.4	48	3.92	123	0
1893	40.4	129	51.9	127	28.9	131	12.06	9	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	54.4
1910	52.6
1977	52.1
1987	51.7
1921	51.7
1985	51.1
1925	51
1938	50.6
2024	50
1981	50
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	39.2
1899	39.4
1960	40.4
1951	40.4
1893	40.4
1917	40.6
1997	40.9
2013	41.4
2002	41.5
1996	41.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	15.25
1995	14.65
1920	14.24
1927	13.51
1936	13.20
1935	13.15
1993	12.91
1898	12.27
1893	12.06
1965	11.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	1.62
1931	1.97
1981	3.05
2023	3.32
1926	3.36
1907	3.49
1971	3.50
1922	3.55
1969	3.69
1928	3.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 27 May 2026
Coldest night: 1°F; 16 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.69 in; 24 May 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 7.26 in of precipitation in Sioux Falls, SD, the driest spring since 2025, 63rd driest of 133.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: 91°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: a low of 1°F on Monday 16 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Sioux Falls, SD: 1.69 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.