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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, March 1961

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1961 1-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
Feb–Mar 1961 2-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 2006
Jan–Mar 1961 3-Month	24.3°F (-4.3°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
Dec 1960–Mar 1961 4-Month	23.5°F (-4.7°C)	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1979
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1933
Nov 1960–Mar 1961 5-Month	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936, 1979
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1973
Oct 1960–Mar 1961 6-Month	30.0°F (-1.1°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936, 1979
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
Sep 1960–Mar 1961 7-Month	34.7°F (1.5°C)	34.4°F (1.3°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1983, 2018
Aug 1960–Mar 1961 8-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1974, 2009
Jul 1960–Mar 1961 9-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1979
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1974
Jun 1960–Mar 1961 10-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1933
May 1960–Mar 1961 11-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1958
Apr 1960–Mar 1961 12-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1936
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1958, 2011
Oct 1959–Mar 1961 18-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1979
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
Apr 1959–Mar 1961 24-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1952
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1973, 1984, 1985
Apr 1958–Mar 1961 36-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1952
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1949, 1960, 1963, 1997
Apr 1957–Mar 1961 48-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1952
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018
	Ties: 1974
Apr 1956–Mar 1961 60-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1952
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2006
	Ties: 1964, 1987, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/