Sioux Falls Weather in 1979

Historical record of Sioux Falls, South Dakota weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Sioux Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	-26 °F	February 1
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	October 30
Most daily snow	8.5 inches	November 21
Total annual precipitation	32.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	56.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1979 was 97 °F which happened on June 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 14
2	94 °F	Aug 6
2	94 °F	Jul 21
4	93 °F	Jul 12
4	93 °F	Jul 11
4	93 °F	Jul 10
7	90 °F	Jul 20
7	90 °F	Jul 3
9	89 °F	Aug 31
9	89 °F	Jul 9
9	89 °F	May 28

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux Falls in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1979 was -26 °F which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux Falls in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-26 °F	February 1
2	-23 °F	February 9
2	-23 °F	January 14
4	-22 °F	February 16
4	-22 °F	February 3
4	-22 °F	January 5
7	-21 °F	January 31
7	-21 °F	January 15
9	-20 °F	February 17
9	-20 °F	February 4

January 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	-5	-18	0.00	0.0
January 2	1	-14	0.00	0.0
January 3	9	-11	0.00	0.0
January 4	-2	-19	0.00	0.0
January 5	3	-22	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	3	-12	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	-14	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 10	9	-13	0.00	0.0
January 11	12	-10	0.08	1.7
January 12	12	0	0.14	3.9
January 13	0	-12	0.00	0.0
January 14	-7	-23	0.00	0.0
January 15	6	-21	0.00	0.0
January 16	10	-14	0.00	0.1
January 17	23	-6	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	-2	0.25	2.8
January 19	24	18	0.07	1.1
January 20	21	14	0.06	0.7
January 21	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	22	9	0.01	0.3
January 23	12	-9	0.00	0.0
January 24	9	-19	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	-1	0.04	0.5
January 26	20	16	0.36	5.5
January 27	16	7	0.12	2.2
January 28	7	-7	0.01	0.2
January 29	5	-17	0.00	0.0
January 30	5	-8	0.00	0.0
January 31	2	-21	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	7	-26	0.00	0.0
February 2	8	-13	0.01	0.3
February 3	9	-22	0.00	0.0
February 4	-4	-20	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	-19	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	-10	0.00	0.0
February 7	1	-15	0.03	1.1
February 8	1	-19	0.01	0.3
February 9	7	-23	0.00	0.0
February 10	15	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	17	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	11	-3	0.00	0.0
February 13	22	8	0.00	0.0
February 14	27	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	24	-16	0.02	0.3
February 16	-8	-22	0.00	0.0
February 17	7	-20	0.02	0.5
February 18	14	5	0.05	1.3
February 19	31	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	19	0.11	1.4
February 21	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	19	0.16	2.0
February 23	27	3	0.00	0.0
February 24	15	-7	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	-5	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	29	23	0.00	0.1

March 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	37	23	0.09	1.3
March 3	24	19	0.29	4.0
March 4	30	19	0.07	1.1
March 5	30	7	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	27	15	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	15	0.27	4.0
March 9	35	7	0.00	0.0
March 10	13	-5	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	13	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	15	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	3	0.00	0.0
March 15	31	0	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	37	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	36	0.52	0.0
March 19	37	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	31	0.51	0.0
March 22	37	34	1.65	2.6
March 23	34	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	14	0.00	0.0
March 26	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 27	39	16	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	38	29	0.04	0.0
March 30	39	28	0.01	0.0
March 31	40	24	0.02	0.2

April 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	31	0.13	0.7
April 2	37	27	0.00	0.0
April 3	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	26	0.04	0.0
April 5	36	16	0.12	0.8
April 6	38	13	0.00	0.0
April 7	62	30	0.00	0.0
April 8	44	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	43	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	40	36	1.66	0.0
April 12	43	36	0.07	0.0
April 13	48	33	0.01	0.0
April 14	57	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	62	26	0.02	0.0
April 16	64	46	0.04	0.0
April 17	68	45	0.00	0.0
April 18	80	55	0.00	0.0
April 19	72	53	0.27	0.0
April 20	59	39	0.02	0.0
April 21	68	31	0.00	0.0
April 22	64	49	0.04	0.0
April 23	76	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	66	52	0.02	0.0
April 25	52	36	0.17	0.0
April 26	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 27	50	31	0.01	0.0
April 28	55	26	0.12	0.0
April 29	50	31	0.01	0.0
April 30	48	29	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	49	35	0.20
May 2	53	36	0.00
May 3	54	31	0.00
May 4	58	31	0.00
May 5	72	48	0.00
May 6	80	47	0.00
May 7	69	52	0.00
May 8	57	43	0.29
May 9	43	38	1.94
May 10	43	37	0.58
May 11	52	35	0.00
May 12	66	35	0.00
May 13	68	40	0.01
May 14	66	44	0.04
May 15	72	36	0.00
May 16	78	52	0.00
May 17	83	58	0.01
May 18	62	48	0.17
May 19	70	39	0.00
May 20	63	44	0.02
May 21	65	36	0.00
May 22	73	52	0.01
May 23	67	45	0.00
May 24	71	37	0.00
May 25	76	43	0.11
May 26	76	49	0.09
May 27	76	46	0.00
May 28	89	55	0.00
May 29	88	65	1.06
May 30	66	48	0.37
May 31	66	46	0.00

June 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	46	0.00
June 2	78	43	0.00
June 3	86	51	0.00
June 4	81	55	0.00
June 5	82	48	0.01
June 6	87	67	0.00
June 7	75	58	0.50
June 8	69	54	0.01
June 9	59	50	0.80
June 10	74	48	0.00
June 11	82	50	0.00
June 12	81	57	0.00
June 13	87	56	0.00
June 14	97	71	0.00
June 15	83	67	0.08
June 16	73	56	0.78
June 17	66	55	0.08
June 18	64	57	0.05
June 19	84	59	0.28
June 20	74	57	0.14
June 21	81	58	0.00
June 22	74	58	0.00
June 23	63	57	0.12
June 24	79	57	0.00
June 25	80	61	0.00
June 26	88	64	0.00
June 27	83	64	0.16
June 28	87	67	0.00
June 29	83	61	0.00
June 30	88	56	0.00

July 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	65	0.01
July 2	87	67	0.00
July 3	90	72	0.00
July 4	80	63	0.00
July 5	79	57	0.00
July 6	72	61	0.00
July 7	78	63	0.00
July 8	85	68	0.00
July 9	89	60	0.00
July 10	93	70	0.00
July 11	93	65	0.00
July 12	93	68	0.04
July 13	86	67	0.08
July 14	87	62	0.00
July 15	83	60	0.00
July 16	77	56	0.00
July 17	80	51	0.00
July 18	84	53	0.00
July 19	87	65	0.08
July 20	90	65	0.31
July 21	94	71	0.11
July 22	86	63	0.88
July 23	88	71	0.00
July 24	80	69	0.02
July 25	84	66	0.00
July 26	87	63	0.00
July 27	78	60	0.00
July 28	81	59	0.00
July 29	83	64	1.59
July 30	82	67	0.01
July 31	75	61	0.00

August 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	54	0.00
August 2	84	63	0.35
August 3	87	58	0.00
August 4	87	67	0.00
August 5	84	71	0.00
August 6	94	74	0.00
August 7	87	70	0.00
August 8	78	65	1.04
August 9	83	68	0.01
August 10	75	59	0.00
August 11	77	55	0.00
August 12	78	63	0.00
August 13	68	59	0.01
August 14	65	50	0.00
August 15	60	49	0.02
August 16	68	57	0.00
August 17	83	64	0.02
August 18	84	61	0.22
August 19	76	66	0.92
August 20	82	67	0.15
August 21	79	61	0.17
August 22	76	66	0.09
August 23	72	54	0.00
August 24	74	50	0.00
August 25	77	46	0.00
August 26	73	58	1.25
August 27	73	56	0.00
August 28	79	64	0.09
August 29	86	57	0.00
August 30	86	68	0.00
August 31	89	68	0.01

September 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	65	0.00
September 2	82	60	0.00
September 3	84	60	1.65
September 4	87	71	0.00
September 5	82	60	0.00
September 6	75	51	0.00
September 7	70	46	0.16
September 8	79	56	0.15
September 9	87	66	0.00
September 10	80	67	0.00
September 11	74	58	0.49
September 12	67	51	1.58
September 13	66	42	0.00
September 14	63	44	0.00
September 15	75	42	0.00
September 16	80	55	0.00
September 17	86	57	0.00
September 18	70	48	0.00
September 19	73	42	0.00
September 20	67	45	0.00
September 21	66	37	0.00
September 22	72	44	0.00
September 23	75	49	0.00
September 24	78	50	0.00
September 25	83	45	0.00
September 26	80	58	0.00
September 27	84	58	0.00
September 28	72	49	0.00
September 29	80	42	0.00
September 30	79	40	0.00

October 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	44	0.02
October 2	72	37	0.00
October 3	63	41	0.00
October 4	58	33	0.00
October 5	71	38	0.00
October 6	62	35	0.00
October 7	75	38	0.00
October 8	58	42	0.00
October 9	56	33	0.00
October 10	57	36	0.00
October 11	68	43	0.02
October 12	46	26	0.00
October 13	48	21	0.00
October 14	64	33	0.00
October 15	69	36	0.00
October 16	69	41	0.00
October 17	63	35	0.00
October 18	66	45	0.47
October 19	63	42	0.00
October 20	65	44	0.00
October 21	47	36	0.06
October 22	37	31	0.00
October 23	46	25	0.00
October 24	58	26	0.00
October 25	51	28	0.00
October 26	62	39	0.00
October 27	65	38	0.00
October 28	71	31	0.00
October 29	65	47	0.00
October 30	50	44	2.22
October 31	50	35	0.51

November 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	36	25	0.00	0.0
November 2	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 3	46	19	0.00	0.0
November 4	52	31	0.00	0.0
November 5	37	29	0.21	1.2
November 6	39	24	0.00	0.0
November 7	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 8	31	18	0.00	0.0
November 9	28	16	0.01	0.1
November 10	36	12	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	21	0.01	0.0
November 12	35	22	0.02	0.2
November 13	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 15	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	64	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	63	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	64	40	0.02	0.0
November 19	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	36	25	0.09	0.2
November 21	35	29	0.90	8.5
November 22	30	24	0.41	4.4
November 23	26	13	0.00	0.0
November 24	25	2	0.00	0.0
November 25	34	8	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	12	0.02	0.3
November 27	29	13	0.00	0.0
November 28	21	15	0.03	0.3
November 29	22	11	0.00	0.0
November 30	27	15	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Sioux Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	20	1	0.00	0.0
December 2	30	4	0.00	0.0
December 3	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	21	0.01	0.0
December 7	38	15	0.01	0.0
December 8	31	8	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	7	0.00	0.0
December 12	25	3	0.00	0.0
December 13	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	42	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	2	0.00	0.0
December 16	4	-9	0.00	0.0
December 17	29	-1	0.00	0.0
December 18	50	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 24	28	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	30	0.02	0.3
December 30	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 31	31	24	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1932–2024	Sioux Falls	location