Sioux Falls Weather in 1961

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 4
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	January 24
Highest daily low	73 °F	June 30
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	September 20
Most daily snow	5.2 inches	February 1
Total annual precipitation	23.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	35.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1961 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 4
1	98 °F	Jun 30
3	97 °F	Aug 29
3	97 °F	Aug 3
5	96 °F	Jun 28
6	95 °F	Aug 26
6	95 °F	Aug 7
6	95 °F	Jul 4
6	95 °F	Jun 29
10	93 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1961 was -23 °F which happened on Jan 24.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-23 °F	January 24
2	-16 °F	December 20
3	-15 °F	December 13
4	-14 °F	January 27
4	-14 °F	January 2
6	-13 °F	February 3
7	-12 °F	December 19
7	-12 °F	January 25
7	-12 °F	January 21
10	-11 °F	December 12
10	-11 °F	January 26
10	-11 °F	January 23

January 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	-5	0.25	3.4
January 2	14	-14	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	-2	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	-1	0.00	0.0
January 9	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	9	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	11	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	16	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	30	3	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	19	-8	0.00	0.0
January 21	14	-12	0.00	0.0
January 22	9	-6	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	-11	0.00	0.0
January 24	-8	-23	0.00	0.0
January 25	10	-12	0.00	0.0
January 26	-1	-11	0.00	0.0
January 27	19	-14	0.00	0.0
January 28	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 29	19	-4	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	1	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	9	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	17	12	0.52	5.2
February 2	19	-5	0.18	2.4
February 3	19	-13	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	3	0.02	0.2
February 6	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 7	34	6	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	25	10	0.02	0.3
February 18	13	3	0.18	3.5
February 19	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	7	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	29	0.00	0.0
February 22	50	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 24	21	13	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	11	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	30	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 2	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	39	25	0.10	2.0
March 4	32	28	0.21	2.3
March 5	30	24	0.47	4.5
March 6	35	20	0.03	0.5
March 7	31	25	0.17	2.1
March 8	34	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	37	32	0.14	0.6
March 22	42	32	0.02	0.0
March 23	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 25	67	45	0.00	0.0
March 26	61	40	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 30	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	47	24	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	38	17	0.00
April 2	45	19	0.18
April 3	56	30	0.00
April 4	57	33	0.16
April 5	41	25	0.00
April 6	43	23	0.00
April 7	47	18	0.00
April 8	45	29	0.00
April 9	46	29	0.00
April 10	54	31	0.00
April 11	43	29	0.28
April 12	50	20	0.00
April 13	58	32	0.00
April 14	50	30	0.00
April 15	40	25	0.00
April 16	45	21	0.00
April 17	51	29	0.00
April 18	69	24	0.00
April 19	81	48	0.00
April 20	76	38	0.00
April 21	58	34	0.00
April 22	70	34	0.00
April 23	54	43	0.38
April 24	48	39	0.00
April 25	55	36	0.00
April 26	52	34	0.00
April 27	52	34	0.00
April 28	56	29	0.00
April 29	60	41	0.04
April 30	58	37	0.00

May 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	25	0.00
May 2	59	25	0.00
May 3	64	38	0.00
May 4	60	43	0.23
May 5	49	42	0.87
May 6	67	48	0.16
May 7	57	43	0.26
May 8	50	36	0.00
May 9	57	30	0.00
May 10	82	43	0.00
May 11	84	58	0.00
May 12	81	56	0.00
May 13	62	51	0.12
May 14	61	48	0.39
May 15	66	45	0.00
May 16	51	40	0.11
May 17	53	44	0.94
May 18	52	43	0.00
May 19	52	48	0.05
May 20	63	47	0.01
May 21	74	40	0.00
May 22	74	46	0.00
May 23	73	43	0.00
May 24	77	48	1.30
May 25	65	43	0.00
May 26	65	36	0.00
May 27	76	46	0.00
May 28	82	55	0.00
May 29	78	47	0.00
May 30	67	57	0.23
May 31	86	56	0.00

June 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	60	0.00
June 2	72	53	0.00
June 3	76	45	0.00
June 4	80	48	0.00
June 5	80	55	0.07
June 6	73	56	1.01
June 7	66	60	0.98
June 8	84	55	0.00
June 9	88	61	0.00
June 10	91	67	0.00
June 11	86	65	0.39
June 12	91	69	0.01
June 13	78	63	0.85
June 14	68	52	0.27
June 15	69	43	0.00
June 16	71	46	0.00
June 17	77	56	0.00
June 18	85	59	0.00
June 19	72	50	0.00
June 20	77	45	0.00
June 21	86	59	0.18
June 22	73	54	0.00
June 23	74	49	0.00
June 24	78	48	0.00
June 25	81	49	0.00
June 26	89	57	0.09
June 27	93	65	0.00
June 28	96	69	0.00
June 29	95	69	0.01
June 30	98	73	0.00

July 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	63	0.96
July 2	82	56	0.00
July 3	92	57	0.00
July 4	95	61	0.00
July 5	73	63	0.00
July 6	84	56	0.00
July 7	88	56	0.00
July 8	84	60	0.00
July 9	89	52	0.00
July 10	79	62	0.04
July 11	84	61	0.35
July 12	81	60	0.03
July 13	76	57	0.00
July 14	83	54	0.05
July 15	77	54	0.00
July 16	87	57	0.00
July 17	89	57	0.00
July 18	89	62	0.13
July 19	85	56	0.00
July 20	87	63	0.28
July 21	79	60	0.00
July 22	82	55	0.27
July 23	80	56	0.00
July 24	89	56	0.00
July 25	92	65	0.00
July 26	85	68	0.00
July 27	88	60	0.00
July 28	89	64	0.00
July 29	91	64	0.00
July 30	83	65	0.01
July 31	81	67	0.04

August 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	63	0.00
August 2	92	59	0.00
August 3	97	69	0.00
August 4	98	66	0.00
August 5	86	60	0.00
August 6	88	56	0.00
August 7	95	62	0.17
August 8	88	68	0.22
August 9	88	68	0.00
August 10	83	61	0.12
August 11	80	55	0.00
August 12	85	53	0.00
August 13	88	60	0.00
August 14	89	66	0.00
August 15	91	64	0.00
August 16	87	60	0.00
August 17	89	69	0.00
August 18	78	61	0.70
August 19	78	54	0.00
August 20	78	56	0.09
August 21	65	56	0.16
August 22	77	51	0.00
August 23	77	58	0.00
August 24	81	58	0.00
August 25	90	55	0.00
August 26	95	58	0.32
August 27	86	67	0.01
August 28	90	63	0.00
August 29	97	68	0.00
August 30	92	69	0.00
August 31	91	70	0.00

September 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	69	0.00
September 2	86	52	0.00
September 3	67	47	0.00
September 4	69	48	0.01
September 5	72	52	0.15
September 6	83	49	0.00
September 7	90	55	0.00
September 8	87	66	0.04
September 9	92	70	0.00
September 10	87	55	0.00
September 11	65	49	0.00
September 12	58	53	0.29
September 13	55	44	0.01
September 14	59	42	0.00
September 15	74	38	0.00
September 16	73	45	0.00
September 17	79	55	0.00
September 18	83	58	0.00
September 19	76	54	0.00
September 20	61	51	1.58
September 21	74	48	0.00
September 22	57	45	0.08
September 23	51	41	0.02
September 24	57	39	0.00
September 25	65	31	0.00
September 26	71	47	0.00
September 27	54	34	0.00
September 28	63	28	0.00
September 29	73	47	0.00
September 30	48	28	0.18

October 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	25	0.00
October 2	69	34	0.00
October 3	70	39	0.00
October 4	78	39	0.00
October 5	83	40	0.00
October 6	84	53	0.00
October 7	72	52	0.00
October 8	53	41	0.05
October 9	57	40	0.04
October 10	65	48	1.05
October 11	70	48	0.29
October 12	62	46	0.00
October 13	65	40	0.00
October 14	60	36	0.00
October 15	78	39	0.00
October 16	82	41	0.00
October 17	77	41	0.00
October 18	50	35	0.04
October 19	55	27	0.00
October 20	61	32	0.00
October 21	68	42	0.00
October 22	65	37	0.00
October 23	59	29	0.00
October 24	61	43	0.00
October 25	52	30	0.00
October 26	60	22	0.00
October 27	60	44	0.00
October 28	55	36	1.19
October 29	51	38	0.00
October 30	53	29	0.00
October 31	63	34	0.00

November 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	38	0.16	0.0
November 2	55	19	1.03	0.9
November 3	36	13	0.00	0.0
November 4	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 5	31	19	0.00	0.0
November 6	42	13	0.00	0.0
November 7	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	41	16	0.00	0.0
November 9	54	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	57	25	0.00	0.0
November 11	58	37	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	19	0.00	0.0
November 15	36	21	0.01	0.1
November 16	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 17	39	18	0.00	0.0
November 18	38	14	0.00	0.0
November 19	30	19	0.00	0.0
November 20	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 21	39	31	0.20	0.0
November 22	37	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	26	0.00	0.0
November 27	32	23	0.00	0.0
November 28	33	25	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	42	29	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	56	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	33	0.01	0.0
December 4	42	18	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 7	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	22	0.11	1.0
December 9	29	0	0.12	1.0
December 10	5	-7	0.00	0.0
December 11	8	1	0.10	1.3
December 12	6	-11	0.04	0.5
December 13	17	-15	0.00	0.0
December 14	20	-8	0.00	0.0
December 15	12	-8	0.00	0.0
December 16	23	9	0.38	3.5
December 17	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	27	18	0.01	0.1
December 19	19	-12	0.03	0.3
December 20	13	-16	0.00	0.0
December 21	23	-7	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	6	0.00	0.0
December 23	20	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	7	0.00	0.0
December 27	14	-4	0.00	0.0
December 28	13	-4	0.00	0.0
December 29	15	4	0.00	0.0
December 30	21	0	0.00	0.0
December 31	25	20	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2023	Sioux Falls	location