Sioux Falls Weather in 1972

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 17
Lowest temperature	-32 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	-14 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	May 1
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	26.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1972 was 98 °F which happened on August 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 17
2	97 °F	Aug 16
2	97 °F	Aug 13
4	96 °F	Aug 20
5	95 °F	Aug 19
5	95 °F	Aug 18
7	93 °F	Aug 15
7	93 °F	Aug 14
9	92 °F	Sep 19
9	92 °F	Jul 30

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1972 was -32 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-32 °F	January 15
2	-29 °F	January 14
3	-27 °F	February 9
4	-23 °F	February 8
5	-22 °F	December 6
6	-21 °F	January 4
7	-20 °F	January 28
7	-20 °F	January 13
9	-18 °F	February 10
10	-17 °F	January 25

January 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	1	0.00	0.0
January 2	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	11	-13	0.00	0.0
January 4	3	-21	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	3	0.00	0.0
January 7	35	7	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	32	14	0.01	0.2
January 12	37	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	5	-20	0.00	0.0
January 14	-14	-29	0.00	0.0
January 15	5	-32	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	5	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 20	13	-1	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	33	7	0.03	0.1
January 23	15	1	0.00	0.0
January 24	20	-10	0.14	1.5
January 25	-10	-17	0.00	0.0
January 26	-5	-13	0.00	0.0
January 27	-3	-16	0.00	0.0
January 28	4	-20	0.00	0.0
January 29	21	-7	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	-16	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	4	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	22	6	0.03	0.6
February 2	15	-10	0.04	0.8
February 3	5	-14	0.00	0.0
February 4	6	-15	0.00	0.0
February 5	10	-4	0.00	0.0
February 6	5	-10	0.00	0.0
February 7	5	-11	0.05	1.5
February 8	5	-23	0.06	1.5
February 9	6	-27	0.10	3.5
February 10	12	-18	0.00	0.0
February 11	21	-10	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	-6	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	6	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	20	2	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	12	0.03	0.8
February 18	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	-7	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	0	0.00	0.2
February 22	21	-6	0.00	0.0
February 23	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 24	19	1	0.05	0.8
February 25	25	2	0.04	0.9
February 26	39	1	0.00	0.0
February 27	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 29	31	19	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	20	3	0.00	0.0
March 2	11	-6	0.00	0.0
March 3	33	5	0.33	5.0
March 4	12	-6	0.00	0.0
March 5	29	-10	0.00	0.0
March 6	52	29	0.01	0.0
March 7	37	16	0.01	0.0
March 8	30	7	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	31	0.07	0.0
March 13	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 14	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	60	40	0.00	0.0
March 16	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	31	0.44	0.0
March 18	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	39	0.07	0.0
March 21	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	36	31	0.04	0.0
March 27	49	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	37	18	0.00	0.0
March 30	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 31	35	22	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	60	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	36	24	0.06	0.8
April 4	47	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	71	23	0.00	0.0
April 6	75	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	39	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	38	24	0.00	0.0
April 9	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 10	68	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	46	36	0.11	0.0
April 12	57	38	0.01	0.0
April 13	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	44	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	65	26	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	80	44	0.00	0.0
April 18	44	37	0.10	0.0
April 19	46	36	0.00	0.0
April 20	60	28	0.51	0.0
April 21	45	33	0.34	0.0
April 22	47	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	56	32	0.00	0.0
April 24	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 25	61	27	0.00	0.0
April 26	57	42	0.01	0.0
April 27	47	44	0.36	0.0
April 28	54	45	0.53	0.0
April 29	60	46	0.20	0.0
April 30	63	40	0.50	0.0

May 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	38	3.55
May 2	55	39	0.00
May 3	61	37	0.00
May 4	61	35	0.00
May 5	68	45	0.21
May 6	47	36	0.00
May 7	58	34	0.00
May 8	59	43	0.00
May 9	62	41	0.00
May 10	66	39	0.15
May 11	59	49	0.20
May 12	61	52	0.50
May 13	60	50	0.05
May 14	64	43	0.00
May 15	79	42	0.00
May 16	85	51	0.00
May 17	87	53	0.00
May 18	83	63	0.00
May 19	87	65	0.00
May 20	86	65	0.00
May 21	86	59	0.00
May 22	84	57	1.61
May 23	70	56	0.16
May 24	72	56	0.18
May 25	78	50	0.00
May 26	83	60	0.19
May 27	72	59	0.01
May 28	74	55	0.13
May 29	60	52	0.31
May 30	62	44	0.00
May 31	72	38	0.00

June 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	48	0.00
June 2	86	53	0.00
June 3	82	57	0.00
June 4	73	58	0.02
June 5	83	60	0.08
June 6	82	55	0.00
June 7	74	63	0.46
June 8	89	62	0.00
June 9	82	59	0.00
June 10	70	52	0.00
June 11	80	54	0.00
June 12	90	64	0.00
June 13	86	63	0.04
June 14	79	53	0.00
June 15	76	50	0.00
June 16	64	51	0.06
June 17	73	53	0.70
June 18	81	64	0.06
June 19	76	50	0.16
June 20	64	43	0.00
June 21	70	40	0.00
June 22	75	39	0.00
June 23	78	49	0.00
June 24	71	53	0.02
June 25	80	50	0.00
June 26	85	61	0.00
June 27	82	59	0.49
June 28	79	53	0.00
June 29	85	56	0.00
June 30	89	58	0.00

July 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	59	0.00
July 2	64	55	0.28
July 3	71	47	0.00
July 4	70	40	0.00
July 5	76	39	0.00
July 6	78	54	0.45
July 7	82	52	0.00
July 8	85	62	0.05
July 9	88	56	0.00
July 10	91	71	0.08
July 11	88	70	0.00
July 12	78	59	0.11
July 13	87	54	0.04
July 14	78	60	1.04
July 15	79	56	0.00
July 16	85	56	0.00
July 17	75	57	0.33
July 18	82	55	0.00
July 19	84	65	0.16
July 20	76	62	0.64
July 21	90	69	0.04
July 22	90	74	0.00
July 23	90	63	0.00
July 24	88	57	0.00
July 25	79	64	0.00
July 26	80	62	0.00
July 27	74	53	0.00
July 28	75	60	0.02
July 29	85	56	0.00
July 30	92	64	0.04
July 31	82	65	0.21

August 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	60	0.05
August 2	72	57	0.01
August 3	72	48	0.00
August 4	78	45	0.00
August 5	73	62	1.00
August 6	73	54	0.47
August 7	75	49	0.23
August 8	66	48	0.00
August 9	74	43	0.00
August 10	85	59	0.02
August 11	90	60	0.00
August 12	90	61	0.00
August 13	97	70	0.00
August 14	93	72	0.00
August 15	93	75	0.00
August 16	97	75	0.00
August 17	98	73	0.00
August 18	95	69	0.00
August 19	95	71	0.00
August 20	96	68	0.14
August 21	82	63	0.23
August 22	64	60	0.19
August 23	72	53	0.00
August 24	72	53	0.00
August 25	66	54	0.00
August 26	76	52	0.12
August 27	87	51	0.00
August 28	91	52	0.00
August 29	90	57	0.00
August 30	75	67	0.16
August 31	72	50	0.03

September 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	65	44	0.00
September 2	72	40	0.00
September 3	69	42	0.00
September 4	74	56	0.13
September 5	83	47	0.02
September 6	85	58	0.11
September 7	71	47	0.00
September 8	71	39	0.00
September 9	73	52	0.00
September 10	74	62	0.00
September 11	71	59	0.00
September 12	75	64	0.34
September 13	71	50	0.00
September 14	76	43	0.00
September 15	77	51	0.00
September 16	88	50	0.00
September 17	85	45	0.00
September 18	87	47	0.00
September 19	92	66	0.00
September 20	80	43	0.26
September 21	65	36	0.00
September 22	70	42	0.00
September 23	73	43	0.00
September 24	66	48	0.03
September 25	52	44	0.85
September 26	57	35	0.00
September 27	61	43	0.00
September 28	63	37	0.01
September 29	54	31	0.00
September 30	76	31	0.00

October 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	80	39	0.00	0.0
October 2	76	41	0.00	0.0
October 3	74	44	0.00	0.0
October 4	75	37	0.00	0.0
October 5	63	51	0.68	0.0
October 6	56	31	0.02	0.0
October 7	73	33	0.00	0.0
October 8	59	36	0.00	0.0
October 9	60	34	0.00	0.0
October 10	71	54	0.00	0.0
October 11	58	36	0.00	0.0
October 12	57	33	0.00	0.0
October 13	72	36	0.00	0.0
October 14	51	28	0.00	0.0
October 15	48	23	0.00	0.0
October 16	60	34	0.00	0.0
October 17	36	24	0.03	0.0
October 18	33	15	0.02	0.2
October 19	42	9	0.00	0.0
October 20	41	33	0.19	0.0
October 21	45	41	0.02	0.0
October 22	43	38	0.06	0.0
October 23	49	24	0.00	0.0
October 24	52	21	0.00	0.0
October 25	64	29	0.00	0.0
October 26	71	44	0.00	0.0
October 27	55	34	0.00	0.0
October 28	40	23	0.00	0.0
October 29	48	23	0.00	0.0
October 30	45	36	0.74	0.0
October 31	37	33	0.02	0.0

November 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	41	33	1.55	0.0
November 2	41	36	0.06	0.0
November 3	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	61	39	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	36	0.00	0.0
November 7	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	41	37	0.00	0.0
November 10	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	34	30	0.17	1.2
November 13	31	20	0.00	0.0
November 14	32	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	18	0.00	0.0
November 16	31	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	32	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	31	28	0.03	0.3
November 19	33	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	34	29	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	22	0.01	0.0
November 22	33	19	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	26	0.01	0.1
November 26	33	22	0.04	0.4
November 27	32	13	0.02	0.5
November 28	30	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	10	0.00	0.0
November 30	35	22	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	27	5	0.00	0.0
December 3	9	1	0.00	0.0
December 4	10	2	0.00	0.0
December 5	5	-10	0.10	2.8
December 6	-3	-22	0.00	0.0
December 7	8	-8	0.00	0.0
December 8	3	-9	0.00	0.0
December 9	3	-14	0.00	0.0
December 10	8	-12	0.00	0.0
December 11	21	-6	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	2	0.00	0.0
December 13	17	-8	0.00	0.0
December 14	20	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	15	-6	0.00	0.0
December 16	14	-12	0.00	0.0
December 17	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	11	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	26	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	54	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	51	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	21	0.34	0.0
December 29	34	33	0.27	1.4
December 30	33	15	0.54	2.0
December 31	15	5	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2024	Sioux Falls	location