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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 1997

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1997 1-Month	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1960
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Feb–Mar 1997 2-Month	25.5°F (-3.6°C)	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1960
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1952
Jan–Mar 1997 3-Month	20.3°F (-6.5°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	-4.6°F (-2.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1936
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 2011
Dec 1996–Mar 1997 4-Month	18.1°F (-7.7°C)	23.8°F (-4.6°C)	-5.7°F (-3.1°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1979
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1937
Nov 1996–Mar 1997 5-Month	19.4°F (-7.0°C)	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	-6.4°F (-3.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936, 1979
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Oct 1996–Mar 1997 6-Month	24.4°F (-4.2°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	-5.3°F (-2.9°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936, 1979
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Sep 1996–Mar 1997 7-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	-4.8°F (-2.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1965
Aug 1996–Mar 1997 8-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	-4.3°F (-2.3°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1936
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Jul 1996–Mar 1997 9-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-4.2°F (-2.4°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Jun 1996–Mar 1997 10-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	-3.7°F (-2.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1979
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
May 1996–Mar 1997 11-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Apr 1996–Mar 1997 12-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-3.7°F (-2.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Oct 1995–Mar 1997 18-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1979
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1970
Apr 1995–Mar 1997 24-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1952
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
Apr 1994–Mar 1997 36-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1952
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1949, 1960, 1961, 1963
Apr 1993–Mar 1997 48-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1952
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1973, 1996
Apr 1992–Mar 1997 60-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1952
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2006

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/