Sisseton, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SISSETON, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Sisseton has an annual average temperature of 44°F with about 25.4 inches of precipitation per year and 48 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 4.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.91 in) and December the driest (0.78 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Sisseton
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →35 of 366 (9.6%) of Sisseton's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 1 | |
| 1930s | 94 | |
| 1940s | 31 | |
| 1950s | 31 | |
| 1960s | 35 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 45 | |
| 1990s | 28 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 25 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°F | 4.5°F | 13.3°F | 0.79 in | 8.9 in | 6 |
| February | 26.6°F | 8.5°F | 17.6°F | 0.82 in | 9.7 in | 6 |
| March | 39.2°F | 20.4°F | 29.8°F | 1.35 in | 7.8 in | 6 |
| April | 54.6°F | 32.7°F | 43.6°F | 2.38 in | 5.6 in | 8 |
| May | 68.1°F | 45.7°F | 56.9°F | 3.08 in | — | 11 |
| June | 77.5°F | 56.4°F | 67.0°F | 3.91 in | — | 11 |
| July | 82.0°F | 60.9°F | 71.5°F | 3.67 in | — | 9 |
| August | 80.2°F | 58.6°F | 69.4°F | 2.45 in | — | 8 |
| September | 72.4°F | 49.6°F | 61.0°F | 2.63 in | — | 8 |
| October | 57.0°F | 36.8°F | 46.9°F | 2.54 in | 0.9 in | 8 |
| November | 40.6°F | 22.9°F | 31.7°F | 1.04 in | 5.7 in | 5 |
| December | 27.2°F | 11.0°F | 19.1°F | 0.78 in | 9.4 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Sisseton
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).