Sioux Falls Metro Area, SD Climate

The Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area has a humid continental climate. It experiences hot, humid summers and cold winters with plenty of snowfall. The area is known to have an unusually high amount of thunderstorms during the summer months. On average, temperatures range from lows in the 20s to highs in the mid-80s in the summer months and from lows in the single digits to highs in the upper 30s during the winter months. Precipitation varies throughout the year with June typically being one of the wettest months receiving an average of around 4 inches on average per month.

Sioux Falls Metro Area, South Dakota gets 27 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Sioux Falls Metro Area averages 37 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 210 sunny days per year in Sioux Falls Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Sioux Falls Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 86 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 7
Rain: averages 27 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 37 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Sioux Falls metro area is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in South Dakota.

9.2 Summer - 4.3 Winter

August, June and September are the most pleasant months in the Sioux Falls metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	United States
	26.8 in.	38.1 in.
	36.6 in.	27.8 in.
	85.7 days	106.2 days
	210 days	205 days
	84.0°	85.8°
	6.6°	21.7°
	6.8	7
	3.6	4.3
	1454 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Sioux Falls metro area with an average high temperature of 84.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in South Dakota. In the Sioux Falls metro area, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Sioux Falls metro area are June, August and September.

In the Sioux Falls metro area, there are 12.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in South Dakota.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Sioux Falls metro area with an average of 6.6°. This is about average compared to other places in South Dakota.

In the Sioux Falls metro area, there are 161.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in South Dakota.

In the Sioux Falls metro area, there are 25.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in South Dakota.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the Sioux Falls metro area but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the Sioux Falls metro area with 4.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 39% of yearly precipitation and 7% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 26.8 inches in the Sioux Falls metro area means that it is wetter than most places in South Dakota.

May is the rainiest month in the Sioux Falls metro area with 10.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 4.6 rainy days. There are 85.7 rainy days annually in the Sioux Falls metro area, which is rainier than most places in South Dakota. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 16% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 36.6 inches in the Sioux Falls metro area means that it is about average compared to other places in South Dakota. December is the snowiest month in the Sioux Falls metro area with 7.2 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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