Sioux Falls Weather in 1978

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 7
Lowest temperature	-25 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	December 2
Total annual precipitation	23.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1978 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 7
1	94 °F	Jul 17
3	92 °F	Sep 8
3	92 °F	Sep 5
3	92 °F	Jul 25
3	92 °F	Jun 30
7	91 °F	Sep 11
7	91 °F	Sep 6
7	91 °F	Sep 2
7	91 °F	Aug 14
7	91 °F	Aug 13
7	91 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1978 was -25 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-25 °F	February 2
2	-24 °F	January 17
3	-23 °F	January 16
3	-23 °F	January 10
5	-22 °F	January 20
6	-21 °F	January 21
7	-20 °F	January 9
8	-16 °F	January 31
9	-15 °F	February 6
9	-15 °F	February 1
9	-15 °F	January 19
9	-15 °F	January 14
9	-15 °F	January 11
9	-15 °F	January 1

January 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	4	-15	0.00	0.0
January 2	14	-10	0.00	0.0
January 3	18	-11	0.00	0.0
January 4	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	25	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	24	-2	0.00	0.0
January 8	-2	-11	0.00	0.0
January 9	-8	-20	0.00	0.0
January 10	0	-23	0.00	0.0
January 11	15	-15	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	13	0.04	0.8
January 13	18	5	0.03	0.6
January 14	13	-15	0.01	0.1
January 15	12	-8	0.00	0.0
January 16	-2	-23	0.00	0.0
January 17	11	-24	0.00	0.0
January 18	14	-3	0.05	0.8
January 19	2	-15	0.01	0.2
January 20	5	-22	0.00	0.0
January 21	14	-21	0.00	0.0
January 22	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	2	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	-8	0.21	1.8
January 26	-2	-11	0.00	0.0
January 27	3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 28	4	-9	0.00	0.0
January 29	10	-14	0.00	0.0
January 30	14	-7	0.10	1.9
January 31	10	-16	0.02	1.4

February 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	11	-15	0.07	2.1
February 2	2	-25	0.00	0.0
February 3	10	-13	0.00	0.0
February 4	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 5	3	-14	0.00	0.0
February 6	8	-15	0.00	0.0
February 7	12	5	0.00	0.0
February 8	15	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	20	10	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	17	0.01	0.2
February 11	23	19	0.10	1.3
February 12	23	15	0.01	0.1
February 13	21	13	0.00	0.0
February 14	15	1	0.00	0.0
February 15	12	-8	0.00	0.0
February 16	9	-8	0.00	0.0
February 17	11	-13	0.00	0.0
February 18	15	-13	0.00	0.0
February 19	20	-11	0.01	0.2
February 20	20	3	0.02	0.4
February 21	19	-10	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	9	0.06	1.0
February 23	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 25	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 26	17	-9	0.04	1.0
February 27	25	11	0.01	0.2
February 28	18	-1	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	19	-8	0.00	0.0
March 2	22	6	0.16	3.7
March 3	6	-9	0.00	0.0
March 4	11	-14	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	3	0.00	0.1
March 6	24	19	0.01	0.1
March 7	29	9	0.00	0.0
March 8	28	6	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	21	0.01	0.1
March 13	36	31	0.34	1.4
March 14	31	27	0.01	0.1
March 15	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	32	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	16	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	54	30	0.03	0.0
March 29	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	84	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	76	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	39	32	0.93	0.0
April 3	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	45	38	0.33	0.0
April 6	67	42	0.00	0.0
April 7	50	38	0.01	0.0
April 8	57	41	0.08	0.0
April 9	51	41	0.27	0.0
April 10	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	63	30	0.02	0.0
April 12	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 13	56	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	44	34	1.48	0.0
April 18	37	32	0.37	0.6
April 19	35	30	0.05	0.0
April 20	43	26	0.00	0.0
April 21	57	24	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	42	0.20	0.0
April 23	45	39	0.08	0.0
April 24	43	38	0.04	0.0
April 25	63	36	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	69	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	49	0.01	0.0
April 29	59	49	0.11	0.0
April 30	60	45	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	31	0.00
May 2	60	26	0.00
May 3	64	32	0.00
May 4	62	42	0.00
May 5	62	38	0.00
May 6	61	34	0.01
May 7	47	44	0.88
May 8	50	42	0.03
May 9	66	42	0.00
May 10	81	43	0.00
May 11	75	52	0.00
May 12	57	47	0.32
May 13	65	42	0.00
May 14	71	38	0.00
May 15	73	41	0.00
May 16	70	48	0.00
May 17	70	44	0.00
May 18	77	47	0.11
May 19	80	53	0.00
May 20	69	45	0.00
May 21	74	39	0.00
May 22	75	56	0.00
May 23	76	58	0.00
May 24	81	58	0.00
May 25	87	61	0.13
May 26	79	67	0.00
May 27	75	62	0.84
May 28	73	58	0.64
May 29	66	53	0.00
May 30	74	49	0.00
May 31	61	47	0.51

June 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	58	42	0.00
June 2	69	39	0.00
June 3	72	45	0.00
June 4	77	47	0.00
June 5	77	47	0.00
June 6	79	48	0.00
June 7	66	43	0.00
June 8	73	36	0.00
June 9	84	44	0.00
June 10	89	70	0.00
June 11	78	51	0.00
June 12	73	48	0.00
June 13	81	47	0.00
June 14	80	61	0.36
June 15	86	66	0.00
June 16	86	67	0.00
June 17	76	56	0.04
June 18	81	44	0.00
June 19	83	61	0.58
June 20	68	47	0.00
June 21	77	44	0.23
June 22	74	57	1.09
June 23	78	62	0.34
June 24	83	64	0.13
June 25	86	65	0.13
June 26	78	60	0.00
June 27	82	57	0.00
June 28	86	69	0.01
June 29	91	70	0.00
June 30	92	72	0.00

July 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	65	0.00
July 2	86	61	0.00
July 3	86	60	0.00
July 4	90	70	0.42
July 5	76	66	0.26
July 6	84	62	0.83
July 7	77	61	0.00
July 8	76	56	0.17
July 9	70	51	0.00
July 10	74	46	0.00
July 11	77	57	0.00
July 12	87	64	0.03
July 13	82	55	0.00
July 14	88	63	0.00
July 15	90	57	0.00
July 16	90	63	0.00
July 17	94	73	0.01
July 18	80	63	0.00
July 19	88	57	0.00
July 20	78	62	0.08
July 21	70	61	1.61
July 22	71	56	1.18
July 23	79	49	0.00
July 24	84	62	0.00
July 25	92	65	0.14
July 26	86	62	0.06
July 27	78	55	0.00
July 28	88	63	0.00
July 29	71	60	0.00
July 30	78	59	0.00
July 31	80	59	0.00

August 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	56	0.89
August 2	74	50	0.00
August 3	70	46	0.00
August 4	76	45	0.00
August 5	82	57	0.00
August 6	84	64	0.00
August 7	89	64	0.00
August 8	88	61	0.00
August 9	82	54	0.00
August 10	82	58	0.00
August 11	85	65	0.00
August 12	89	67	0.00
August 13	91	73	0.00
August 14	91	68	0.80
August 15	76	59	0.50
August 16	83	57	0.00
August 17	86	63	0.00
August 18	70	56	0.01
August 19	77	48	0.00
August 20	82	56	0.00
August 21	86	68	0.00
August 22	90	69	0.00
August 23	88	72	0.30
August 24	85	69	0.00
August 25	83	68	0.00
August 26	77	65	0.58
August 27	78	63	0.00
August 28	74	56	0.00
August 29	79	52	0.00
August 30	82	52	0.00
August 31	83	60	0.00

September 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	65	0.00
September 2	91	62	0.00
September 3	89	62	0.00
September 4	88	61	0.00
September 5	92	68	0.00
September 6	91	70	0.00
September 7	94	71	0.00
September 8	92	71	0.00
September 9	90	69	0.00
September 10	88	70	0.00
September 11	91	65	1.27
September 12	79	65	0.00
September 13	65	53	0.74
September 14	71	47	0.00
September 15	74	49	0.00
September 16	73	50	0.00
September 17	65	44	0.32
September 18	80	55	0.11
September 19	75	51	0.01
September 20	59	43	0.00
September 21	68	36	0.00
September 22	72	39	0.00
September 23	77	50	0.00
September 24	78	45	0.00
September 25	76	44	0.00
September 26	84	52	0.00
September 27	67	42	0.00
September 28	75	48	0.00
September 29	65	52	0.00
September 30	66	43	0.00

October 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	43	0.00
October 2	74	44	0.02
October 3	55	39	0.06
October 4	61	34	0.00
October 5	51	41	0.01
October 6	47	31	0.00
October 7	58	27	0.00
October 8	68	34	0.00
October 9	64	42	0.00
October 10	70	35	0.00
October 11	73	44	0.00
October 12	60	45	0.03
October 13	54	32	0.00
October 14	54	32	0.00
October 15	56	34	0.00
October 16	53	24	0.00
October 17	63	39	0.00
October 18	55	33	0.00
October 19	72	33	0.00
October 20	78	33	0.00
October 21	69	45	0.00
October 22	53	27	0.00
October 23	52	19	0.00
October 24	72	41	0.00
October 25	53	32	0.02
October 26	54	27	0.00
October 27	57	30	0.00
October 28	58	29	0.00
October 29	70	34	0.00
October 30	62	33	0.00
October 31	55	26	0.00

November 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	66	27	0.00	0.0
November 2	69	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	51	20	0.00	0.0
November 7	63	35	0.00	0.0
November 8	73	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	63	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	43	33	0.01	0.0
November 11	33	28	0.03	0.3
November 12	38	28	0.20	0.0
November 13	43	23	0.08	0.0
November 14	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	43	17	0.00	0.0
November 16	43	18	0.06	1.1
November 17	34	24	0.03	0.3
November 18	29	13	0.00	0.0
November 19	16	10	0.00	0.0
November 20	13	8	0.01	0.4
November 21	16	6	0.00	0.0
November 22	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 23	30	14	0.01	0.0
November 24	47	12	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	19	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	20	0.01	0.2
November 27	29	4	0.03	0.5
November 28	32	-3	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	8	0.00	0.0
November 30	25	6	0.01	0.1

December 1978 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	22	14	0.00	0.3
December 2	15	7	0.28	5.9
December 3	9	-9	0.03	1.3
December 4	38	-13	0.00	0.0
December 5	30	3	0.00	0.0
December 6	8	-10	0.00	0.0
December 7	11	-8	0.01	0.1
December 8	14	-9	0.00	0.0
December 9	5	-12	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	-9	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	26	0.01	0.1
December 20	26	13	0.10	0.8
December 21	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	-4	0.00	0.0
December 24	12	-11	0.00	0.0
December 25	23	0	0.06	0.6
December 26	23	4	0.00	0.0
December 27	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	11	2	0.02	0.4
December 30	6	-10	0.00	0.0
December 31	3	-10	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2024	Sioux Falls	location