Sioux Falls Weather in 1970

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	September 6
Lowest temperature	-36 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 14
Lowest daily high	-12 °F	January 20
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	May 28
Most daily snow	11.6 inches	March 19
Total annual precipitation	27.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1970 was 101 °F which happened on September 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Sep 6
2	100 °F	Aug 13
3	99 °F	Aug 29
3	99 °F	Aug 14
5	98 °F	Jul 29
6	96 °F	Sep 1
6	96 °F	Aug 26
6	96 °F	Jun 29
6	96 °F	Jun 28
10	95 °F	Aug 12
10	95 °F	Jul 30
10	95 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1970 was -36 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-36 °F	January 19
2	-31 °F	January 21
3	-28 °F	January 18
4	-24 °F	February 3
4	-24 °F	January 20
4	-24 °F	January 3
7	-19 °F	January 17
7	-19 °F	January 2
9	-18 °F	January 5
10	-17 °F	January 8
10	-17 °F	January 7

January 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	21	-4	0.02	0.5
January 2	11	-19	0.01	0.3
January 3	19	-24	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	-15	0.00	0.0
January 5	4	-18	0.00	0.0
January 6	5	-13	0.00	0.0
January 7	-5	-17	0.00	0.0
January 8	-6	-17	0.00	0.0
January 9	9	-11	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	2	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	-5	0.00	0.0
January 12	12	-12	0.00	0.0
January 13	9	-13	0.00	0.0
January 14	20	7	0.00	0.1
January 15	26	11	0.06	0.8
January 16	11	-7	0.06	1.2
January 17	-5	-19	0.01	0.2
January 18	-8	-28	0.04	0.8
January 19	-6	-36	0.00	0.0
January 20	-12	-24	0.00	0.0
January 21	7	-31	0.00	0.0
January 22	24	7	0.04	0.4
January 23	22	-12	0.00	0.0
January 24	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	23	0.13	1.6
January 26	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	38	4	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	0	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	8	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	-4	0.00	0.0
February 2	-3	-14	0.00	0.0
February 3	19	-24	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	9	0.02	0.4
February 12	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 13	4	-11	0.00	0.0
February 14	17	-6	0.00	0.0
February 15	18	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	27	-5	0.07	1.0
February 19	13	-5	0.00	0.0
February 20	34	-9	0.00	0.0
February 21	48	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 23	46	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 26	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	28	22	0.01	0.1

March 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	47	27	0.16	0.0
March 3	50	24	0.29	0.0
March 4	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	26	0.32	3.1
March 6	40	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	25	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	27	16	0.05	0.8
March 11	27	12	0.01	0.0
March 12	30	14	0.00	0.0
March 13	28	12	0.00	0.0
March 14	35	19	0.01	0.1
March 15	36	8	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	33	27	0.79	11.6
March 20	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 21	37	6	0.00	0.0
March 22	31	13	0.00	0.0
March 23	35	23	0.03	0.2
March 24	33	23	0.04	0.1
March 25	35	27	0.30	3.0
March 26	33	16	0.00	0.0
March 27	25	7	0.02	0.4
March 28	28	4	0.00	0.0
March 29	39	24	0.01	0.0
March 30	33	19	0.00	0.0
March 31	40	18	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	21	0.00	0.0
April 2	44	22	0.00	0.0
April 3	33	23	0.00	0.0
April 4	56	21	0.00	0.0
April 5	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	81	39	0.00	0.0
April 8	59	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	65	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	67	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 12	43	34	1.24	0.0
April 13	38	33	0.20	0.6
April 14	45	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	57	34	0.29	0.0
April 16	53	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	49	34	0.00	0.0
April 18	41	36	0.83	0.0
April 19	42	35	0.35	0.0
April 20	38	32	0.00	0.0
April 21	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	37	30	0.84	2.4
April 23	66	29	0.00	0.0
April 24	70	30	0.00	0.0
April 25	76	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	84	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	82	59	0.00	0.0
April 28	81	49	0.00	0.0
April 29	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 30	55	37	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	43	28	0.00
May 2	69	25	0.00
May 3	76	37	0.14
May 4	74	35	0.00
May 5	64	44	0.01
May 6	77	40	0.00
May 7	87	59	0.00
May 8	83	54	0.00
May 9	66	43	0.00
May 10	73	37	0.00
May 11	68	48	0.26
May 12	64	50	0.08
May 13	58	49	0.01
May 14	54	41	0.03
May 15	57	37	0.01
May 16	72	37	0.00
May 17	84	37	0.00
May 18	91	63	0.00
May 19	82	52	0.00
May 20	89	63	0.00
May 21	88	59	0.00
May 22	67	56	0.00
May 23	72	56	0.25
May 24	80	53	0.65
May 25	70	42	0.00
May 26	71	37	0.00
May 27	73	51	0.32
May 28	78	58	2.83
May 29	71	59	0.12
May 30	78	58	0.00
May 31	69	56	0.12

June 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	52	0.00
June 2	72	44	0.00
June 3	72	46	0.00
June 4	76	40	0.00
June 5	85	59	0.00
June 6	87	54	0.00
June 7	89	59	0.00
June 8	88	69	0.00
June 9	87	69	0.11
June 10	80	60	0.62
June 11	81	56	0.30
June 12	75	60	0.52
June 13	80	57	0.00
June 14	84	59	0.33
June 15	86	62	0.72
June 16	85	63	0.09
June 17	82	62	0.00
June 18	69	50	0.00
June 19	76	42	0.46
June 20	65	53	0.16
June 21	75	46	0.00
June 22	79	53	0.00
June 23	87	62	0.00
June 24	74	55	0.00
June 25	87	55	0.50
June 26	76	55	0.00
June 27	86	47	0.00
June 28	96	71	0.00
June 29	96	69	0.00
June 30	92	73	0.00

July 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	63	0.67
July 2	90	65	0.00
July 3	72	56	0.01
July 4	73	52	0.00
July 5	81	45	0.00
July 6	88	62	0.21
July 7	86	62	0.16
July 8	82	55	0.00
July 9	87	52	0.00
July 10	87	66	0.34
July 11	89	65	0.00
July 12	94	69	0.00
July 13	79	69	0.73
July 14	86	62	0.25
July 15	80	60	0.00
July 16	91	60	0.00
July 17	91	62	0.00
July 18	90	66	0.30
July 19	68	49	0.00
July 20	75	45	0.00
July 21	78	53	0.00
July 22	81	58	0.00
July 23	80	59	0.00
July 24	90	65	0.00
July 25	92	67	0.00
July 26	95	72	0.15
July 27	90	68	0.00
July 28	88	68	0.00
July 29	98	68	0.05
July 30	95	63	0.11
July 31	88	62	0.00

August 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	57	0.00
August 2	84	55	0.00
August 3	76	50	0.00
August 4	76	61	0.00
August 5	80	68	0.00
August 6	73	69	0.18
August 7	79	68	0.12
August 8	76	64	0.00
August 9	75	63	0.00
August 10	82	61	0.00
August 11	89	59	0.00
August 12	95	67	0.00
August 13	100	69	0.00
August 14	99	74	0.00
August 15	84	57	0.05
August 16	90	48	0.00
August 17	85	67	0.00
August 18	93	69	0.00
August 19	81	55	0.00
August 20	84	43	0.00
August 21	74	56	0.01
August 22	82	51	0.00
August 23	87	45	0.00
August 24	92	56	0.00
August 25	94	61	0.01
August 26	96	58	0.00
August 27	93	67	0.00
August 28	79	67	0.00
August 29	99	63	0.10
August 30	78	54	0.00
August 31	81	54	0.06

September 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	96	64	0.00
September 2	89	67	0.41
September 3	88	61	0.00
September 4	89	56	0.00
September 5	88	69	0.00
September 6	101	71	0.01
September 7	76	53	0.00
September 8	92	51	0.00
September 9	75	48	0.06
September 10	75	39	0.00
September 11	79	52	0.00
September 12	61	48	0.00
September 13	51	43	0.01
September 14	48	42	0.43
September 15	58	39	0.19
September 16	56	36	1.24
September 17	60	46	0.00
September 18	85	43	0.00
September 19	80	62	0.00
September 20	89	66	0.23
September 21	73	53	0.09
September 22	70	43	0.00
September 23	64	42	0.40
September 24	62	50	0.00
September 25	60	46	0.07
September 26	67	33	0.00
September 27	65	36	0.00
September 28	72	38	0.00
September 29	86	39	0.00
September 30	80	41	0.00

October 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	80	44	0.00	0.0
October 2	70	43	0.00	0.0
October 3	62	30	0.00	0.0
October 4	78	45	0.00	0.0
October 5	83	45	0.00	0.0
October 6	76	57	0.00	0.0
October 7	57	34	1.35	0.0
October 8	35	33	0.24	0.6
October 9	38	24	0.44	4.5
October 10	39	19	0.08	0.0
October 11	44	35	0.25	0.0
October 12	62	29	0.00	0.0
October 13	51	31	0.00	0.0
October 14	48	26	0.00	0.0
October 15	52	26	0.00	0.0
October 16	64	26	0.00	0.0
October 17	63	39	0.00	0.0
October 18	60	35	0.00	0.0
October 19	58	38	0.00	0.0
October 20	62	44	0.00	0.0
October 21	68	45	0.00	0.0
October 22	71	43	0.00	0.0
October 23	60	43	0.00	0.0
October 24	64	55	0.00	0.0
October 25	58	34	0.47	0.0
October 26	50	27	0.00	0.0
October 27	51	30	0.06	0.0
October 28	39	29	0.02	0.0
October 29	39	32	0.12	0.0
October 30	37	34	0.10	0.0
October 31	39	33	0.00	0.0

November 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	39	33	0.12	0.0
November 2	39	33	0.11	0.0
November 3	36	35	0.04	0.0
November 4	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	56	24	0.00	0.0
November 6	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	40	30	0.04	0.0
November 8	40	35	1.25	0.0
November 9	45	31	0.15	0.0
November 10	53	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	46	27	0.06	0.0
November 12	34	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	33	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	32	12	0.00	0.0
November 15	38	13	0.00	0.0
November 16	43	18	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	46	34	0.08	0.0
November 19	40	24	0.15	0.0
November 20	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	37	23	0.00	0.0
November 22	23	5	0.00	0.0
November 23	17	3	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	9	0.00	0.0
November 25	54	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	30	10	0.17	0.5
November 27	29	5	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	54	26	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	43	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	37	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	51	10	0.00	0.0
December 5	32	5	0.00	0.0
December 6	29	5	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 8	60	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	18	0.01	0.0
December 10	20	12	0.45	7.5
December 11	19	8	0.01	0.2
December 12	23	12	0.01	0.2
December 13	26	3	0.00	0.0
December 14	12	-2	0.00	0.0
December 15	22	5	0.00	0.0
December 16	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 18	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 19	7	-10	0.00	0.0
December 20	10	-15	0.00	0.0
December 21	15	-1	0.02	0.2
December 22	29	5	0.00	0.0
December 23	5	-15	0.00	0.0
December 24	22	-15	0.04	0.4
December 25	21	-3	0.00	0.0
December 26	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	9	-8	0.00	0.0
December 28	10	-13	0.00	0.0
December 29	27	-2	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	7	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	3	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2023	Sioux Falls	location