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Sioux Falls, SD

43.578°N, 96.754°W · station FSDthr · 134 years of record
64°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Sioux Falls.
64°WED9/269°THU9/372°FRI9/470°SAT9/569°SUN9/666°MON9/765°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Sioux Falls — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#105 / 133
coldest Sep 2 in 133 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

35°F
set in 1893

Mildest Sep 2 ever

73°F
set in 1937
Forecast low 64°F — 105th coldest Sep 2 of 133 years · record 35°F (1893) · coldest since 2025.
1893: 35°F1894: 64°F1895: 59°F1896: 53°F1897: 65°F1898: 68°F1899: 62°F1900: 57°F1901: 59°F1902: 56°F1903: 63°F1904: 64°F1905: 45°F1906: 61°F1907: 48°F1908: 47°F1909: 50°F1910: 58°F1911: 53°F1912: 59°F1913: 69°F1914: 43°F1915: 55°F1916: 60°F1917: 43°F1918: 56°F1919: 60°F1920: 46°F1921: 68°F1922: 56°F1923: 55°F1924: 54°F1925: 72°F1926: 70°F1927: 65°F1928: 52°F1929: 62°F1930: 45°F1931: 53°F1932: 52°F1933: 54°F1934: 51°F1935: 43°F1936: 67°F1937: 73°F1938: 53°F1939: 57°F1940: 50°F1941: 67°F1942: 56°F1943: 55°F1944: 46°F1945: 50°F1946: 44°F1947: 54°F1948: 60°F1949: 61°F1950: 59°F1951: 52°F1952: 49°F1953: 61°F1954: 54°F1955: 61°F1956: 47°F1957: 57°F1958: 63°F1959: 48°F1960: 70°F1961: 52°F1962: 57°F1963: 58°F1964: 61°F1965: 54°F1966: 59°F1967: 51°F1968: 46°F1969: 52°F1970: 67°F1971: 72°F1972: 44°F1973: 64°F1974: 36°F1975: 63°F1976: 50°F1977: 56°F1978: 62°F1979: 60°F1980: 56°F1981: 44°F1982: 52°F1983: 69°F1984: 60°F1985: 58°F1986: 64°F1987: 45°F1988: 62°F1989: 49°F1990: 66°F1991: 68°F1992: 58°F1993: 57°F1994: 51°F1995: 65°F1996: 63°F1997: 50°F1998: 49°F1999: 62°F2000: 58°F2001: 63°F2002: 55°F2003: 57°F2004: 58°F2005: 47°F2006: 53°F2007: 64°F2008: 71°F2009: 61°F2010: 56°F2011: 64°F2012: 62°F2013: 49°F2014: 53°F2015: 66°F2016: 54°F2017: 58°F2018: 67°F2019: 67°F2020: 57°F2021: 65°F2022: 59°F2023: 70°F2024: 53°F2025: 58°F64° forecast3540455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 264°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record35°F
This-date rank#105 of 133
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-42°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Sioux Falls in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan66°FJan 24, 1981-38°FJan 12, 1912
Feb70°FFeb 23, 1958-42°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar89°FMar 21, 2026-23°FMar 11, 1948
Apr98°FApr 28, 19104°FApr 3, 1936
May104°FMay 30, 193417°FMay 4, 1967
Jun110°FJun 21, 198832°FJun 7, 1897
Jul110°FJul 17, 193634°FJul 9, 1895
Aug109°FAug 24, 193634°FAug 29, 1893
Sep104°FSep 4, 191313°FSep 29, 1899
Oct95°FOct 1, 2023-5°FOct 29, 1925
Nov82°FNov 6, 2020-17°FNov 14, 1959
Dec63°FDec 1, 1998-31°FDec 29, 1917
All-time110°FJul 17, 1936-42°FFeb 9, 1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Sioux Falls so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 12, 1936

Coldest high ever

-23°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 8, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan43°FJan 25, 1944-18°FJan 24, 1897
Feb44°FFeb 23, 2000-23°FFeb 8, 1899
Mar63°FMar 18, 2012-4°FMar 1, 1919
Apr65°FApr 24, 192422°FApr 1, 1975
May77°FMay 31, 193436°FMay 5, 1944
Jun78°FJun 21, 198846°FJun 1, 1946
Jul81°FJul 12, 193658°FJul 18, 1912
Aug81°FAug 14, 193857°FAug 25, 1987
Sep77°FSep 14, 193941°FSep 28, 1985
Oct73°FOct 1, 202319°FOct 29, 1925
Nov59°FNov 8, 2020-2°FNov 29, 1896
Dec44°FDec 1, 1962-16°FDec 21, 1989
All-time81°FJul 12, 1936-23°FFeb 8, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

157 days
record run, ended Apr 10 1899

So far in 2026

97 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Sioux Falls's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is +6° vs normal.
Jan: 26°FJan: 8°FFeb: 31°FFeb: 12°FMar: 44°FMar: 24°FApr: 58°FApr: 35°FMay: 70°FMay: 47°FJun: 80°FJun: 58°FJul: 84°FJul: 63°FAug: 82°FAug: 60°FSep: 75°FSep: 51°FOct: 60°FOct: 37°FNov: 44°FNov: 24°FDec: 31°FDec: 13°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Solar noon12:27 PM
Daylight13h 12m · losing 20 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

43.58°N, 96.75°W

Nearby Stations

Mitchell, SD65 mi WSpencer, IA82 mi ESioux City, IA84 mi SHuron, SD91 mi NWNorfolk, NE115 mi SWSisseton, SD144 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Sioux Falls's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Sioux Falls, SD — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Sioux Falls's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Sioux Falls, SD — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Sioux Falls, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Sioux Falls, SD daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Sioux Falls — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
97 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 79th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 98. Record: 116 in 2013.

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