All-time weather records — Sisseton, SD

Record high
113.0°F
May 30, 1934
Record low
-36.9°F
January 24, 1936
Wettest day
5.75 in
August 14, 1905

Climate change signal in Sisseton

9.6%

of Sisseton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
6
43
1910s
1
4
1930s
94
59
1940s
31
33
1950s
31
56
1960s
35
37
1970s
33
43
1980s
45
32
1990s
28
19
2000s
13
13
2010s
25
23
2020s
24
4

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 24, 1981 -36.9°F — Jan 24, 1936 5.00 in — Jan 12, 1935
February 68.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -33.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 0.98 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 82.9°F — Mar 18, 2012 -29.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.65 in — Mar 26, 1942
April 99.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 7, 1936 3.66 in — Apr 13, 1912
May 113.0°F — May 30, 1934 19.0°F — May 3, 2005 5.50 in — May 27, 1954
June 105.1°F — Jun 2, 1934 30.9°F — Jun 7, 1901 5.12 in — Jun 10, 1939
July 113.0°F — Jul 6, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 29, 1952 5.00 in — Jul 5, 1901
August 108.0°F — Aug 10, 1947 34.0°F — Aug 26, 1944 5.75 in — Aug 14, 1905
September 102.0°F — Sep 8, 1959 21.9°F — Sep 21, 1934 3.89 in — Sep 11, 1901
October 95.0°F — Oct 10, 1955 3.9°F — Oct 26, 1936 3.30 in — Oct 19, 1993
November 79.0°F — Nov 2, 1965 -18.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 1.90 in — Nov 28, 2005
December 70.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -29.9°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.68 in — Dec 26, 2023

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Sisseton.