Sioux Falls Weather in 1973

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	108 °F	August 26
Lowest temperature	-26 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	4.5 inches	October 9
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	December 24
Total annual precipitation	28.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1973 was 108 °F which happened on August 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	108 °F	Aug 26
2	101 °F	Aug 27
3	100 °F	Aug 28
4	99 °F	Jul 7
5	97 °F	Aug 19
5	97 °F	Jul 12
7	96 °F	Jul 6
8	95 °F	Aug 16
8	95 °F	Jul 11
8	95 °F	Jun 25
8	95 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1973 was -26 °F which happened on Dec 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-26 °F	December 31
2	-23 °F	December 30
2	-23 °F	February 16
4	-20 °F	January 9
5	-16 °F	January 8
6	-14 °F	January 5
7	-12 °F	December 29
7	-12 °F	December 20
7	-12 °F	January 10
10	-10 °F	December 16

January 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	0	0.05	0.5
January 4	1	-7	0.00	0.0
January 5	5	-14	0.00	0.0
January 6	5	-8	0.00	0.0
January 7	8	1	0.04	0.4
January 8	1	-16	0.00	0.0
January 9	1	-20	0.00	0.0
January 10	11	-12	0.00	0.0
January 11	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	5	0.00	0.0
January 13	41	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	35	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	24	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	23	0.01	0.0
January 21	28	27	0.32	4.5
January 22	32	15	0.01	0.1
January 23	33	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 26	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	19	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	14	0.03	0.5
February 7	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 8	23	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	30	0.07	0.9
February 13	31	7	0.30	5.6
February 14	9	4	0.02	0.4
February 15	7	-9	0.00	0.0
February 16	6	-23	0.00	0.0
February 17	33	5	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	9	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	31	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	33	0.01	0.0

March 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	32	0.01	0.0
March 5	37	33	0.38	0.0
March 6	55	32	0.04	0.0
March 7	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	35	0.15	0.0
March 11	43	34	0.73	0.2
March 12	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	44	0.99	0.0
March 14	52	39	0.10	0.0
March 15	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	54	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	34	0.10	0.0
March 23	55	35	0.45	0.0
March 24	46	42	0.27	0.0
March 25	50	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 28	47	32	0.20	0.1
March 29	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	37	0.10	0.0

April 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	34	0.02
April 2	53	34	0.00
April 3	53	32	0.00
April 4	54	31	0.00
April 5	68	27	0.00
April 6	60	35	0.00
April 7	40	29	0.00
April 8	38	30	0.00
April 9	36	27	0.00
April 10	45	20	0.00
April 11	65	23	0.00
April 12	54	21	0.00
April 13	63	34	0.00
April 14	73	46	0.00
April 15	58	33	0.64
April 16	57	29	0.00
April 17	73	44	0.00
April 18	76	48	0.00
April 19	70	51	0.25
April 20	70	45	0.00
April 21	58	39	0.00
April 22	65	34	0.00
April 23	65	37	0.00
April 24	56	37	0.20
April 25	58	32	0.00
April 26	54	32	0.01
April 27	56	27	0.00
April 28	65	34	0.00
April 29	66	44	0.00
April 30	50	42	1.00

May 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	42	39	0.08
May 2	58	37	0.00
May 3	65	32	0.00
May 4	71	38	0.00
May 5	78	57	0.00
May 6	60	50	0.13
May 7	70	47	0.00
May 8	77	43	0.00
May 9	70	52	0.01
May 10	69	43	0.00
May 11	66	43	0.02
May 12	60	37	0.00
May 13	63	35	0.00
May 14	60	31	0.00
May 15	78	33	0.00
May 16	62	39	0.00
May 17	73	31	0.00
May 18	80	50	0.00
May 19	77	47	0.00
May 20	85	40	0.00
May 21	89	60	0.00
May 22	74	51	0.00
May 23	83	44	0.00
May 24	61	48	0.31
May 25	66	47	0.00
May 26	56	51	0.96
May 27	57	52	0.42
May 28	76	50	0.00
May 29	72	49	0.00
May 30	76	44	0.00
May 31	80	49	0.00

June 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	60	0.00
June 2	73	62	0.41
June 3	74	56	1.10
June 4	69	56	0.05
June 5	72	48	0.00
June 6	82	49	0.00
June 7	89	54	0.00
June 8	83	57	0.00
June 9	95	53	0.00
June 10	92	72	0.00
June 11	79	61	0.02
June 12	77	54	0.00
June 13	84	48	0.00
June 14	87	65	0.00
June 15	91	65	0.00
June 16	88	55	0.00
June 17	88	45	0.01
June 18	73	51	0.79
June 19	70	51	0.00
June 20	76	53	0.00
June 21	76	48	0.00
June 22	85	47	0.00
June 23	89	55	0.00
June 24	92	62	0.00
June 25	95	68	0.00
June 26	91	62	0.00
June 27	78	54	0.00
June 28	80	52	0.00
June 29	78	47	0.00
June 30	82	53	0.00

July 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	62	0.67
July 2	84	63	0.00
July 3	90	65	0.00
July 4	89	57	0.00
July 5	91	67	0.00
July 6	96	72	0.00
July 7	99	71	0.00
July 8	91	63	0.00
July 9	91	67	1.73
July 10	89	71	0.00
July 11	95	71	0.00
July 12	97	74	0.00
July 13	75	62	0.00
July 14	79	56	0.00
July 15	81	53	0.00
July 16	89	60	0.00
July 17	92	67	0.00
July 18	89	68	0.00
July 19	83	59	0.00
July 20	79	64	0.02
July 21	71	62	0.24
July 22	67	61	0.02
July 23	79	61	0.08
July 24	87	62	0.52
July 25	81	62	0.00
July 26	85	63	0.00
July 27	82	60	0.00
July 28	85	52	0.22
July 29	90	65	0.00
July 30	82	58	0.00
July 31	81	53	0.00

August 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	49	0.00
August 2	91	55	0.02
August 3	93	64	0.01
August 4	94	63	0.00
August 5	92	70	0.00
August 6	93	67	0.52
August 7	90	62	0.00
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	83	56	0.00
August 10	89	57	0.00
August 11	88	56	0.00
August 12	89	60	0.02
August 13	87	60	0.10
August 14	88	52	0.00
August 15	90	65	0.00
August 16	95	62	0.00
August 17	94	66	0.00
August 18	94	74	0.09
August 19	97	65	0.02
August 20	86	57	0.00
August 21	90	67	0.06
August 22	84	62	0.00
August 23	75	64	0.00
August 24	78	64	0.00
August 25	85	69	0.00
August 26	108	67	0.00
August 27	101	76	0.00
August 28	100	73	0.00
August 29	80	69	0.18
August 30	91	66	0.03
August 31	87	72	0.00

September 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	71	0.00
September 2	84	64	1.33
September 3	76	62	0.00
September 4	77	56	0.00
September 5	81	50	0.00
September 6	79	43	0.00
September 7	79	47	0.03
September 8	64	57	0.19
September 9	70	57	0.00
September 10	89	52	0.00
September 11	76	44	0.00
September 12	63	49	0.06
September 13	64	49	0.01
September 14	72	44	0.00
September 15	55	43	0.15
September 16	50	40	0.26
September 17	61	39	0.02
September 18	69	36	0.00
September 19	74	45	0.00
September 20	63	45	0.00
September 21	70	50	0.10
September 22	78	45	0.00
September 23	72	40	0.00
September 24	71	56	0.11
September 25	74	47	0.45
September 26	59	53	0.83
September 27	68	49	0.00
September 28	61	52	1.02
September 29	62	53	1.05
September 30	65	50	0.00

October 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	46	0.00
October 2	72	43	0.00
October 3	61	42	0.00
October 4	65	35	0.00
October 5	73	33	0.00
October 6	64	52	0.00
October 7	75	52	0.00
October 8	76	63	0.00
October 9	76	60	4.54
October 10	60	49	0.00
October 11	69	42	0.23
October 12	61	38	0.00
October 13	65	38	0.00
October 14	80	40	0.00
October 15	62	37	0.00
October 16	48	31	0.00
October 17	67	42	0.00
October 18	70	33	0.00
October 19	67	42	0.00
October 20	71	34	0.00
October 21	76	49	0.00
October 22	76	45	0.00
October 23	78	41	0.00
October 24	72	50	0.88
October 25	63	38	0.00
October 26	56	40	0.00
October 27	42	35	0.08
October 28	47	26	0.00
October 29	55	24	0.00
October 30	51	36	0.00
October 31	51	30	0.00

November 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	37	29	0.02	0.0
November 2	41	28	0.02	0.0
November 3	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 5	33	19	0.01	0.0
November 6	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 7	39	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	31	18	0.00	0.0
November 9	32	11	0.00	0.0
November 10	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	42	28	0.09	0.1
November 16	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	48	32	0.15	0.0
November 20	44	32	0.64	0.0
November 21	42	24	0.03	0.0
November 22	47	22	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	21	0.01	0.0
November 24	44	32	0.01	0.0
November 25	36	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	46	28	0.03	0.0
November 27	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 29	60	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	22	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	37	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 4	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 5	21	12	0.01	0.1
December 6	30	6	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	53	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	36	10	0.01	0.1
December 10	21	7	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 13	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 14	18	-7	0.14	4.5
December 15	15	-9	0.01	0.2
December 16	16	-10	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	16	0.00	0.0
December 18	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 19	14	-2	0.00	0.0
December 20	16	-12	0.00	0.0
December 21	26	10	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	13	0.00	0.0
December 23	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	28	24	0.29	6.3
December 25	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	25	14	0.02	0.3
December 27	26	8	0.00	0.1
December 28	24	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	15	-12	0.00	0.0
December 30	-5	-23	0.00	0.0
December 31	-4	-26	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2024	Sioux Falls	location