Sioux Falls, SD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 23.6°F in Sioux Falls, SD, the warmest winter since 2024, tied 15th warmest of 133 (with 1958).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 23.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 15th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 1.00 in; Driest since 2002; 18th driest of 133

A normal winter in Sioux Falls, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 20.3°F, between 13.3°F and 25.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.22 in of precipitation, between 1.07 in and 3.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Sioux Falls, SD since 1894: 23.6°F in 2026; the highest is 29.2°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 13.3 to 25.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	23.6	15	35	10	12.2	37	1.00	116	0
2025	20.4	49	31.3	31	9.5	60	1.15	108	0
2024	29.2	1	38.1	3	20.2	1	3.23	20	0
2023	18.4	72	27.6	76	9.2	65	5.91	2	0
2022	21.8	31	33.8	14	9.8	56	2.16	56	0
2021	22.3	28	31.1	37	13.6	19	2.24	50	0
2020	22.6	24	30.9	38	14.2	15	2.22	51	0
2019	18.1	75	26.7	86	9.5	60	3.35	18	0
2018	17.6	81	27.4	78	7.8	80	2.22	51	0
2017	24	13	32.6	25	15.4	12	3.03	26	0
2016	23.4	18	31.3	31	15.6	8	2.99	27	0
2015	20.4	49	29.2	57	11.6	41	2.55	43	0
2014	12.3	123	23.1	118	1.4	126	2.12	58	0
2013	20.1	55	29.6	54	10.7	45	2.66	40	0
2012	25.8	8	36.2	5	15.3	13	3.80	8	0
2011	14.4	109	23.6	116	5.3	104	3.66	12	0
2010	13.4	119	21.7	125	5	105	4.57	6	0
2009	17.5	84	27.9	73	7.2	86	1.43	90	0
2008	15.4	102	24.9	101	5.8	100	2.10	61	0
2007	20.3	52	28.8	64	11.7	40	3.69	11	0
2006	24.1	11	32.3	26	15.9	7	1.93	67	0
2005	23.2	20	32.7	22	13.8	18	1.67	75	0
2004	20.2	54	28.7	68	11.8	39	2.70	37	0
2003	21.1	40	31.6	28	10.5	47	1.09	112	0
2002	26.3	6	37	4	15.6	8	0.55	131	0
2001	12.6	121	21.7	125	3.4	117	2.50	44	0
2000	24.1	11	35.8	6	12.5	33	1.89	69	0
1999	22.4	26	32.2	27	12.5	33	0.87	121	0
1998	25.6	9	33.5	17	17.7	5	1.41	91	0
1997	12.1	125	20.8	128	3.3	118	2.58	42	0
1996	19	67	28.5	69	9.4	63	1.25	100	0
1995	20.9	42	29	60	12.7	28	0.64	127	0
1994	13.8	115	22.9	121	4.7	109	1.90	68	0
1993	16.1	94	24.8	104	7.3	84	2.34	47	0
1992	27.4	3	35.8	6	19	2	2.71	35	0
1991	19.2	62	29.9	50	8.6	72	1.17	106	0
1990	21.4	36	32.7	22	10.1	52	0.64	127	0
1989	19.2	62	30.2	47	8.3	74	1.11	111	0
1988	16.3	91	25.9	94	6.7	94	3.19	21	0
1987	27.1	4	38.7	1	15.5	11	0.45	132	0
1986	15.7	97	24.7	107	6.6	95	1.24	102	0
1985	17.8	78	28.8	64	6.8	93	1.52	85	0
1984	15.5	100	23.7	112	7.2	86	2.20	54	0
1983	23.5	17	31.4	30	15.6	8	2.73	34	0
1982	13.8	115	23.7	112	3.8	115	1.27	97	0
1981	23	23	33.5	17	12.5	33	0.74	124	0
1980	21.2	39	29.8	51	12.6	31	0.69	125	0
1979	8	133	17.5	133	-1.5	131	2.06	63	0
1978	8.9	132	18	132	-0.1	129	1.67	75	0
1977	15.3	104	27.1	82	3.5	116	1.38	92	0
1976	21.6	35	30.7	41	12.6	31	1.08	113	0
1975	19.1	66	29	60	9.2	65	1.67	75	0
1974	17.8	78	27.8	75	7.9	79	0.91	119	0
1973	18.6	69	26.6	89	10.6	46	2.11	60	0
1972	12.6	121	23.7	112	1.5	124	1.22	105	0
1971	14.1	113	23.7	112	4.5	110	1.57	83	0
1970	14.4	109	24.9	101	3.9	114	1.65	79	0
1969	14.5	107	23	119	5.9	99	6.88	1	0
1968	19.2	62	29.1	59	9.4	63	1.33	93	0
1967	17.5	84	29.2	57	5.7	102	1.84	70	0
1966	16.9	86	26.9	84	6.9	92	2.13	57	0
1965	13.5	118	24.7	107	2.3	121	2.29	49	0
1964	20.8	45	32.7	22	9	68	1.27	97	0
1963	16.2	93	26.7	86	5.8	100	1.62	81	0
1962	15.2	105	24.8	104	5.7	102	5.14	3	0
1961	19.4	59	30	49	8.9	70	1.94	66	0
1960	19.3	60	27.6	76	10.9	44	2.75	32	0
1959	14.4	109	25.5	95	3.2	119	1.33	93	0
1958	23.6	15	34.4	12	12.7	28	2.22	51	0
1957	18.9	68	29.8	51	8.1	77	0.62	129	0
1956	12.2	124	23	119	1.5	124	2.71	35	0
1955	18.5	70	27.9	73	9	68	1.33	93	0
1954	20.9	42	31.3	31	10.5	47	3.74	10	0
1953	20.9	42	30.2	47	11.6	41	2.74	33	0
1952	16.9	86	26.9	84	7	91	4.62	5	0
1951	17.9	76	28.8	64	7.1	89	2.04	65	0
1950	15.6	99	26.7	86	4.4	112	1.64	80	0
1949	14.4	109	24.2	110	4.5	110	1.24	102	0
1948	15.8	96	26.6	89	4.9	107	2.12	58	0
1947	20.1	55	30.4	42	9.9	55	1.82	72	0
1946	17.6	81	27.2	81	8	78	3.75	9	0
1945	21.9	29	30.3	45	13.5	20	2.78	31	0
1944	25.1	10	35.7	8	14.4	14	3.15	23	0
1943	17.6	81	27	83	7.6	82	0.87	121	5
1942	23.2	20	32.9	21	13.5	20	0.61	130	0
1941	21.4	36	29.5	56	13.3	24	2.84	30	0
1940	20	57	28.8	64	11.1	43	1.79	73	0
1939	22.4	26	31.3	31	13.4	22	3.07	24	0
1938	20.8	45	29.7	53	11.9	38	2.93	28	0
1937	16	95	24.9	101	7.1	89	3.58	14	0
1936	9.6	129	19	131	0.1	128	3.56	15	0
1935	22.5	25	30.8	39	14.2	15	2.40	45	0
1934	21.8	31	31.3	31	12.4	36	1.46	88	0
1933	19.3	60	28.9	63	9.7	57	1.24	102	0
1932	21.9	29	29.6	54	14.2	15	3.06	25	0
1931	28.6	2	38.3	2	18.9	3	0.23	133	0
1930	18.5	70	27.3	80	9.7	57	1.25	100	0
1929	15.7	97	25.4	97	6	98	3.35	18	0
1928	19.2	62	28.2	71	10.1	52	2.17	55	0
1927	21.7	34	30.3	45	13.2	25	1.26	99	0
1926	21.8	31	30.4	42	13.1	27	1.53	84	0
1925	16.8	88	26.1	92	7.5	83	3.19	21	0
1924	23.2	20	33.1	20	13.4	22	1.45	89	0
1923	20.8	45	31.3	31	10.3	50	1.12	110	0
1922	18.4	72	28.5	69	8.3	74	3.49	16	0
1921	25.9	7	34.8	11	17	6	2.10	61	0
1920	16.7	89	25.2	98	8.3	74	0.97	117	0
1919	26.4	5	34.1	13	18.7	4	4.71	4	0
1918	9.1	131	19.8	130	-1.6	132	1.67	75	0
1917	9.5	130	20.6	129	-1.6	132	2.70	37	0
1916	14	114	23.6	116	4.4	112	2.59	41	0
1915	15.5	100	24.8	104	6.2	97	2.70	37	0
1914	21.3	38	33.6	16	9.1	67	1.28	96	0
1913	21.1	40	33.8	14	8.4	73	1.83	71	0
1912	15	106	25	100	5	105	2.06	63	0
1911	20.3	52	30.8	39	9.7	57	1.61	82	0
1910	13.2	120	24.2	110	2.3	121	3.61	13	0
1909	20.4	49	30.4	42	10.5	47	4.53	7	0
1908	23.3	19	33.5	17	13.2	25	2.39	46	0
1907	18.2	74	27.4	78	8.9	70	1.79	73	0
1906	24	13	35.4	9	12.7	28	0.76	123	0
1905	13.6	117	24.3	109	3	120	1.52	85	0
1904	10.9	128	22.3	124	-0.6	130	1.14	109	0
1903	14.5	107	22.6	123	6.4	96	2.33	48	0
1902	17.9	76	26.2	91	9.5	60	1.50	87	0
1901	16.3	91	25.2	98	7.3	84	0.65	126	0
1900	17.7	80	28.2	71	7.2	86	1.01	115	0
1899	11.7	127	22.9	121	0.6	127	0.90	120	0
1898	19.6	58	29	60	10.2	51	1.05	114	0
1897	16.6	90	25.5	95	7.7	81	2.90	29	0
1896	20.8	45	31.5	29	10.1	52	0.97	117	0
1895	15.4	102	26	93	4.8	108	1.17	106	0
1894	11.8	126	21.4	127	2.3	121	3.38	17	9
1893									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	29.2
1931	28.6
1992	27.4
1987	27.1
1919	26.4
2002	26.3
1921	25.9
2012	25.8
1998	25.6
1944	25.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	8
1978	8.9
1918	9.1
1917	9.5
1936	9.6
1904	10.9
1899	11.7
1894	11.8
1997	12.1
1956	12.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	6.88
2023	5.91
1962	5.14
1919	4.71
1952	4.62
2010	4.57
1909	4.53
2012	3.80
1946	3.75
1954	3.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	0.23
1987	0.45
2002	0.55
1942	0.61
1957	0.62
1995	0.64
1990	0.64
1901	0.65
1980	0.69
1981	0.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 17 February 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.29 in; 6 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.00 in of precipitation in Sioux Falls, SD, the driest winter since 2002, 18th driest of 133.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sioux Falls, SD: 65°F on Tuesday 17 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sioux Falls, SD: a low of -19°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sioux Falls, SD: 0.29 in on Saturday 6 December 2025.