Hot-summer humid continental
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Minnehaha County, South Dakota · Population 198k · 1,473 ft elevation
Living in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 28″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are sunny (65% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (14 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Sioux Falls at a glance
- Population
- 198k
- Elevation
- 1,473 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 28″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,918 hrs59th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $271k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $993/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $75k50th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.18%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.978th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%
- Violent crime rate
- 364 per 100k78th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,198 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2525th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°F | 7°F | 0.7″ | 8.0″ | 187 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 11°F | 0.8″ | 8.6″ | 206 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 23°F | 1.5″ | 7.2″ | 219 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 35°F | 3.0″ | 5.1″ | 236 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 3.3″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 61°F | 3.3″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 3.0″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 38°F | 2.3″ | 1.4″ | 211 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 24°F | 1.2″ | 6.2″ | 182 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 12°F | 0.8″ | 8.7″ | 162 hrs |
Near Sioux Falls
- Harrisburg, SD · 7.8k
- Tea, SD · 6.3k
- Brandon, SD · 11k
- Hartford, SD · 3.4k
- Lennox, SD · 2.6k
- Canton, SD · 3.1k
- Dell Rapids, SD · 3.9k
- Madison, SD · 6.2k
Largest places in South Dakota
- Rapid City, SD · 77k
- Aberdeen, SD · 28k
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- Watertown, SD · 23k
- Mitchell, SD · 16k
- Yankton, SD · 16k
- Huron, SD · 14k
- Pierre, SD · 14k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology