Sisseton, SD: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 13.3°F in Sisseton, SD, the warmest January since 2025, tied 43rd warmest of 91 (with 2003).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 13.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 43rd warmest of 91
Precipitation: 0.08 in; Driest since 2004; 12th driest of 89

A normal January in Sisseton, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 12.6°F, between 6.1°F and 20.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.48 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 1.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Sisseton, SD since 1933: 13.3°F in 2026; the highest is 26.5°F, in 1944.

Normal range, 6.1 to 20.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Sisseton, SD from 1932 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	13.3	43	22.9	43	3.8	42	0.08	77	0
2025	14.4	35	24.5	32	4.3	38	0.16	68	0
2024	17.1	23	23.7	39	10.6	14	0.17	66	0
2023	16.3	26	24.5	32	8	27	0.18	65	0
2022	9	65	22.3	47	-4.8	80	1.06	13	1
2021	24.3	4	31.1	13	17.5	2	0.45	41	0
2020	14.4	35	22.1	48	6.7	31	0.63	29	0
2019	8.1	69	17.1	74	-1	64	0.67	27	0
2018	15.9	28	25.2	29	6.6	32	0.13	70	0
2017	16.7	24	24.4	35	9.1	21	0.79	20	0
2016	16.6	25	24.1	38	9	23	0.28	52	0
2015	18.7	19	27	22	10.5	15	0.47	40	0
2014	10.3	56	21.8	52	-1.2	65	0.50	36	0
2013	13.9	40	24.5	32	3.4	44	0.80	19	0
2012	22.4	7	32.3	7	12.5	7	0.48	38	0
2011	6	75	15.1	80	-3.1	71	0.82	18	0
2010	10	59	17.5	71	2.5	48	1.06	13	0
2009	7.1	71	17.5	71	-3.3	74	0.89	15	0
2008	11.5	51	21.5	53	1.5	50	0.16	68	0
2007	17.4	22	26.5	23	8.4	25	0.22	61	0
2006	26.1	3	33.1	4	19	1	0.27	55	0
2005	11.8	49	20.5	60	3.1	46	0.77	22	0
2004	8.7	67	18	67	-0.6	61	0.00	89	0
2003	13.3	43	22.5	45	4.1	40	0.02	81	0
2002	20.7	12	29.1	18	12.2	8	0.03	80	0
2001	19.9	15	29.2	17	10.5	15	0.12	73	0
2000	11.5	51	21.9	51	1	54	0.08	77	0
1999	9.3	60	18.3	66	0.4	55	0.27	55	0
1998	14.4	35	21.1	56	7.7	29	1.30	9	1
1997	6.1	74	15.2	77	-3.2	72			1
1996	2.3	83	11.8	84	-6.5	84			3
1995	13.8	41	21.2	54	6.1	33	1.26	10	2
1994	-0.3	88	9.4	88	-8.8	87	1.84	2	2
1993	11	54	20.7	59	1.1	52	0.63	29	1
1992	23	5	32.7	6	12.9	5	0.28	52	2
1991	11.9	48	22.4	46	1.5	50	0.01	84	0
1990	26.3	2	36.3	1	16.5	4	0.10	75	1
1989	18.8	18	30.2	16	7.3	30	0.62	31	0
1988	9.3	60	20.1	62	-1.5	68	0.33	49	1
1987			34.4	3	12.2	8	0.17	66	4
1986	18.4	21	27.4	21	9.3	19	0.28	52	2
1985	10.1	58	21	57	0	57	0.20	63	2
1984	16.3	26	24.7	31	8	27	0.41	43	0
1983	21.4	9	31.7	9	11.1	12	0.10	75	0
1982	-2.6	91	8.3	90	-13.3	92	0.84	17	2
1981	18.7	19	30.9	14	5.8	34	0.40	45	1
1980	13.2	45	22.8	44	3.8	42	0.59	34	1
1979	-0.1	87	7.9	91	-8	86	1.58	6	1
1978	1.3	84	10.2	85	-7.5	85	0.13	70	0
1977	0.2	85	10	86	-9.7	89	0.71	26	1
1976	12.4	47	24.3	36	1.1	52	1.18	11	1
1975	15.2	32	26.3	24	4.4	37	1.54	7	2
1974	9.2	64	19.6	63	-1.2	65	trace	85	0
1973	19.2	17	27.6	19	10.8	13	0.23	60	0
1972	7.9	70	18.4	65	-2.5	69	0.54	35	0
1971	6	75	15.2	77	-3.2	72	0.79	20	0
1970	5.3	80	14.5	81	-3.9	76	trace	85	0
1969	3.9	81	13	82	-5.4	83	1.60	5	1
1968	11.8	49	24.3	36	-0.1	58	0.41	43	1
1967	15.5	30	26.1	25	5	36	1.35	8	0
1966	0	86	9.5	87	-9.4	88	0.29	51	1
1965	5.9	78	16.7	75	-5	81	0.35	48	0
1964	21.4	9	31.2	12	11.7	11	0.38	47	0
1963	6.4	73	17.4	73	-4.6	78	0.33	49	0
1962	10.4	55	21.2	54	-0.4	60	0.44	42	0
1961	14.2	39	25.9	27	3.3	45	trace	85	2
1960	14.4	35	23.3	41	5.5	35	0.76	23	0
1959	9.3	60	17.9	68	0.3	56	0.11	74	2
1958	21	11	31.7	9	10.3	18	0.25	58	0
1957	6.6	72	17.7	70	-4.6	78	0.24	59	0
1956	10.2	57	20.8	58	-0.3	59	0.87	16	0
1955	14.9	33	26	26	3.9	41	0.20	63	1
1954	5.4	79	15.9	76	-5	81	0.26	57	0
1953	14.7	34	25.4	28	4.3	38	0.62	31	1
1952	8.7	67	20.2	61	-2.9	70	2.01	1	0
1951									10
1950	-1.2	89	8.8	89	-11.2	90	0.64	28	0
1949	9.3	60	19.2	64	-0.7	62	1.14	12	0
1948	8.8	66	17.9	68	-0.9	63	0.07	79	2
1947	22.8	6	31.8	8	12.7	6	0.13	70	2
1946	13.5	42	24.9	30	2.4	49	0.02	81	3
1945	15.4	31	22	49	8.8	24	0.02	81	0
1944	26.5	1	36	2	17	3	0.62	31	0
1943	3.9	81	12.3	83	-4.5	77	0.48	38	0
1942	22	8	33.1	4	11.8	10	trace	85	2
1941	15.8	29	23.3	41	8.4	25	0.75	24	0
1940	6	75	15.2	77	-3.6	75			3
1939	19.7	16	27.5	20	10.5	15	1.66	4	2
1938	12.7	46	22	49	2.8	47			3
1937							1.80	3	13
1936	-2.5	90	7.1	92	-11.5	91	0.50	36	1
1935	11.4	53	23.6	40	-1.3	67			1
1934	20	14	30.9	14	9.1	21	0.22	61	0
1933	20.3	13	31.3	11	9.3	19	0.40	45	0
1932							0.72	25	24

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	26.5
1990	26.3
2006	26.1
2021	24.3
1992	23
1947	22.8
2012	22.4
1942	22
1983	21.4
1964	21.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1982	-2.6
1936	-2.5
1950	-1.2
1994	-0.3
1979	-0.1
1966	0
1977	0.2
1978	1.3
1996	2.3
1969	3.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	2.01
1994	1.84
1937	1.80
1939	1.66
1969	1.60
1979	1.58
1975	1.54
1967	1.35
1998	1.30
1995	1.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.00
1974	trace
1970	trace
1961	trace
1942	trace
1991	0.01
2003	0.02
1946	0.02
1945	0.02
2002	0.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.03 in; 20 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.08 in of precipitation in Sisseton, SD, the driest January since 2004, tied 12th driest of 89 (with 2000).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Sisseton, SD: 53°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Sisseton, SD: a low of -19°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Sisseton, SD: 0.03 in on Tuesday 20 January 2026.