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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 1979

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1979 1-Month	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	-5.6°F (-3.1°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1975	1960
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Feb–Mar 1979 2-Month	18.3°F (-7.6°C)	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	-10.1°F (-5.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1960
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Jan–Mar 1979 3-Month	13.0°F (-10.6°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	-11.9°F (-6.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Dec 1978–Mar 1979 4-Month	13.5°F (-10.3°C)	23.8°F (-4.6°C)	-10.3°F (-5.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Nov 1978–Mar 1979 5-Month	17.2°F (-8.2°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	-8.7°F (-4.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936, 1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
	Ties: 1936
Oct 1978–Mar 1979 6-Month	22.3°F (-5.4°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	-7.4°F (-4.1°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936, 1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
	Ties: 1936
Sep 1978–Mar 1979 7-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	-5.6°F (-3.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Aug 1978–Mar 1979 8-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	-5.0°F (-2.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1936
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jul 1978–Mar 1979 9-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-4.7°F (-2.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Jun 1978–Mar 1979 10-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
May 1978–Mar 1979 11-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-4.2°F (-2.4°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Apr 1978–Mar 1979 12-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Oct 1977–Mar 1979 18-Month	36.3°F (2.4°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-4.9°F (-2.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
Apr 1977–Mar 1979 24-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1952
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
Apr 1976–Mar 1979 36-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1952
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017, 2018
Apr 1975–Mar 1979 48-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1952
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1968, 1986
Apr 1974–Mar 1979 60-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1952
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2006
	Ties: 1962, 1963

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/