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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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City: Aberdeen Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1950

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1950 1-Month	20.0°F (-6.7°C)	22.7°F (-5.2°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1954
	Ties: 1940
Jan–Feb 1950 2-Month	13.1°F (-10.5°C)	20.3°F (-6.5°C)	-7.2°F (-4.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1987
	Ties: 1963, 1965
Dec 1949–Feb 1950 3-Month	16.0°F (-8.9°C)	20.4°F (-6.4°C)	-4.4°F (-2.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1992, 2002
	Ties: 1977, 1986
Nov 1949–Feb 1950 4-Month	22.0°F (-5.6°C)	23.8°F (-4.6°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2002
	Ties: 1938, 1941, 1988
Oct 1949–Feb 1950 5-Month	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	28.8°F (-1.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2002
	Ties: 1966
Sep 1949–Feb 1950 6-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	34.4°F (1.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2002
Aug 1949–Feb 1950 7-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2002
	Ties: 1975
Jul 1949–Feb 1950 8-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.0°F (6.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1986
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2002
	Ties: 1985
Jun 1949–Feb 1950 9-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1986
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2002
May 1949–Feb 1950 10-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2002
	Ties: 1988
Apr 1949–Feb 1950 11-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1936
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2002
	Ties: 1958, 2011, 2015
Mar 1949–Feb 1950 12-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1952
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1938, 2015, 2020
Sep 1948–Feb 1950 18-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1969, 1987, 2010, 2020
Mar 1948–Feb 1950 24-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1952
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2017
	Ties: 1947, 1959, 1984, 2010
Mar 1947–Feb 1950 36-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1953
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
	Ties: 1948, 1969, 1987, 1996, 1997
Mar 1946–Feb 1950 48-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1952
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2008, 2018
	Ties: 1959, 1960, 1967, 1978, 1998, 1999
Mar 1945–Feb 1950 60-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1952
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1967, 1982, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/