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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

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City: Aberdeen Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, March 2002

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2002 1-Month	24.7°F (-4.1°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	-9.5°F (-5.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1960
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
Feb–Mar 2002 2-Month	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1960
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1953
Jan–Mar 2002 3-Month	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	24.9°F (-3.9°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 2020
Dec 2001–Mar 2002 4-Month	27.0°F (-2.8°C)	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Nov 2001–Mar 2002 5-Month	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	4.7°F (2.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936, 1979
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Oct 2001–Mar 2002 6-Month	33.7°F (0.9°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936, 1979
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Sep 2001–Mar 2002 7-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	34.4°F (1.3°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Aug 2001–Mar 2002 8-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Jul 2001–Mar 2002 9-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	3.2°F (1.7°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Jun 2001–Mar 2002 10-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
May 2001–Mar 2002 11-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 2006
Apr 2001–Mar 2002 12-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1936
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Oct 2000–Mar 2002 18-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
Apr 2000–Mar 2002 24-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1952
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1941, 2001
Apr 1999–Mar 2002 36-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1952
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017, 2018
Apr 1998–Mar 2002 48-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1952
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Apr 1997–Mar 2002 60-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1952
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2006
	Ties: 2021

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/