Sisseton, SD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 19.2°F in Sisseton, SD, the warmest winter since 2024, 21st warmest of 88.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 19.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 21st warmest of 88
Precipitation: 0.95 in; Driest since 2025; 21st driest of 88

A normal winter in Sisseton, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 17.1°F, between 10.2°F and 23.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.71 in of precipitation, between 0.38 in and 3.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Sisseton, SD since 1933: 19.2°F in 2026; the highest is 26.8°F, in 1987.

Normal range, 10.2 to 23.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	19.2	21	29.9	14	8.5	33	0.95	68	0
2025	16.7	43	26.2	42	7.2	43	0.92	71	0
2024	26.4	2	34.5	2	18.4	1	3.92	4	0
2023	16.2	46	25.2	50	7.3	42	2.70	13	0
2022	15.1	53	27.1	35	2.9	67	3.48	6	1
2021	21.2	11	30	13	12.4	12	1.02	67	0
2020	17.1	40	25.7	48	8.6	32	1.81	34	0
2019	11.4	74	19.9	79	2.9	67	3.39	7	0
2018	15.2	51	25.2	50	5.3	51	1.46	50	0
2017	20.6	14	28.7	21	12.4	12	2.62	16	0
2016	21.8	10	29.4	18	14.3	7	2.24	23	0
2015	17.1	40	25.4	49	8.9	30	1.48	49	0
2014	9.4	84	19.4	80	-0.6	86	1.76	37	0
2013	14.3	55	23.8	57	4.7	53	3.12	9	0
2012	24.2	4	33.9	3	14.5	6	1.29	58	1
2011	9.9	83	18.5	84	1.4	79	5.23	2	0
2010	10.5	78	18.2	86	2.8	70	2.64	14	0
2009	10.2	80	20.6	76	-0.1	84	2.64	14	0
2008	12.9	63	22.8	65	2.9	67	1.31	57	2
2007	18.8	24	27.7	31	9.8	20	2.61	17	0
2006	21.2	11	28.4	25	14.1	9	1.25	60	3
2005	18.9	23	28.1	27	9.7	21	1.71	43	0
2004	17.5	38	26	43	8.9	30	0.38	84	0
2003	16.6	44	26	43	7.1	44	0.23	87	0
2002	23.4	6	32.4	7	14.3	7	0.23	87	0
2001	10.2	80	19.4	80	1.1	80	0.39	83	0
2000	20.5	15	30.7	11	10.2	17	1.36	55	0
1999	19.3	20	28.6	23	10	18	0.36	85	0
1998	23.4	6	29.9	14	16.8	2	3.75	5	1
1997	11.3	75	20	78	2.4	73	2.07	32	8
1996	11.5	73	20.4	77	3	66			8
1995	18.3	29	26.7	38	10	18	2.20	25	5
1994			18.3	85	1	81	2.87	12	10
1993	12.7	66	21.4	71	3.8	56	1.13	63	2
1992	24.3	3	33.3	5	15.4	4	0.79	75	5
1991	17.6	36	28.7	21	6.6	47	1.18	62	2
1990	19.7	19	29.9	14	9.4	23	0.57	82	2
1989	16.3	45	26	43	6.2	49	1.41	51	2
1988	15.3	48	24.9	52	6	50	0.74	79	3
1987	26.8	1	37.2	1	15.9	3	0.94	69	4
1986	13.6	59	23.4	60	3.9	55	1.74	38	3
1985	13.9	57	24.5	54	3.3	62	0.84	74	6
1984	15.3	48	23.2	62	7.5	39	2.12	27	1
1983	24.1	5	33.5	4	14.8	5	0.90	73	0
1982	8.6	85	18.2	86	-1	89	1.67	44	6
1981	20.4	16	32.1	8	8.5	33	1.33	56	4
1980	18.1	32	28.4	25	7.8	37	1.21	61	1
1979	5.2	87	13.9	89	-3.2	90	3.06	10	2
1978	6.8	86	14.7	88	-0.9	88	1.38	53	1
1977	12.3	69	22.6	66	1.8	78	2.12	27	1
1976	19.9	18	30.5	12	9.4	23	1.78	36	3
1975	17.6	36	27.9	28	7.4	40	2.13	26	4
1974	13.7	58	23.5	59	3.5	60	1.89	33	3
1973	18.2	31	27.5	32	9	27	2.61	17	0
1972	11.3	75	21.6	70	1	81	1.38	53	0
1971	12.7	66	22	69	3.2	65	1.73	40	3
1970	14.3	55	23.9	56	4.8	52	1.09	65	3
1969	11.3	75	19.2	82	3.3	62	5.05	3	1
1968	15.2	51	27	37	3.7	57	1.13	63	6
1967	15.3	48	25.9	47	4.6	54	2.10	31	0
1966	13.4	61	22.9	64	3.7	57	2.11	29	1
1965	10	82	20.7	75	-0.7	87	0.74	79	1
1964	19.1	22	29.2	19	9	27	1.63	45	0
1963	14.8	54	26	43	3.7	57	0.58	81	0
1962	12	71	22.1	68	2.1	76	3.15	8	2
1961	18.6	27	29.9	14	7.6	38	0.92	71	6
1960	20	17	27.9	28	12	14	2.37	21	2
1959	12.6	68	22.5	67	2.4	73	0.79	75	2
1958	20.9	13	31.4	10	10.3	16	1.80	35	0
1957									16
1956	10.3	79	20.8	73	-0.1	84	2.45	20	0
1955	17	42	27.1	35	6.9	45	1.74	38	2
1954	18.7	25	28.9	20	8.5	33	1.72	41	0
1953	18.3	29	27.9	28	9	27	2.11	29	3
1952	13.3	62	23.1	63	3.5	60	5.32	1	0
1951					0.9	83			20
1950									28
1949	12.8	65	23.4	60	1.9	77	1.29	58	2
1948	12.2	70	20.8	73	3.3	62	1.72	41	8
1947	17.9	35	26.4	40	9.1	26	0.76	77	3
1946	12.9	63	23.6	58	2.3	75	1.39	52	4
1945	18.1	32	26.4	40	9.7	21	0.93	70	0
1944	23.4	6	33.1	6	13	10	0.76	77	3
1943	11.8	72	21	72	2.7	72	2.22	24	3
1942	22.2	9	31.7	9	12.9	11	0.31	86	2
1941	18.5	28	26.6	39	10.5	15	1.53	48	0
1940	18.7	25	27.5	32	9.3	25			6
1939	15.5	47	24.2	55	6.4	48	2.57	19	6
1938	13.5	60	24.6	53	2.8	70			9
1937			18.7	83			3.06	10	18
1936	2.8	88	11.1	90	-5.8	91	2.32	22	5
1935	18	34	28.5	24	7.4	40			4
1934					7.9	36	1.03	66	23
1933	17.2	39	27.2	34	6.8	46	1.55	47	1
1932							1.62	46	26

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	26.8
2024	26.4
1992	24.3
2012	24.2
1983	24.1
2002	23.4
1998	23.4
1944	23.4
1942	22.2
2016	21.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	2.8
1979	5.2
1978	6.8
1982	8.6
2014	9.4
2011	9.9
1965	10
2009	10.2
2001	10.2
1956	10.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	5.32
2011	5.23
1969	5.05
2024	3.92
1998	3.75
2022	3.48
2019	3.39
1962	3.15
2013	3.12
1979	3.06
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.23
2002	0.23
1942	0.31
1999	0.36
2004	0.38
2001	0.39
1990	0.57
1963	0.58
1988	0.74
1965	0.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 15 February 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.95 in of precipitation in Sisseton, SD, the driest winter since 2025, 21st driest of 88.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sisseton, SD: 61°F on Sunday 15 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sisseton, SD: a low of -19°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Sisseton, SD: 0.15 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.