South Dakota · THREADEX · 1893–2026

Sioux Falls, SD

43.578°N, 96.754°W · station FSDthr · 134 years of record
97°F
forecast high · Jul 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Sioux Falls.
92°MON7/1395°TUE7/1495°WED7/1596°THU7/1697°FRI7/1794°SAT7/1893°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 17

Today ranks

#13 / 133
warmest Jul 17 in 133 yrs of record

Hottest Jul 17 ever

104°F
set in 1936

Coolest Jul 17 ever

69°F
set in 1958

Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year

Every year's high on Jul 17 at Sioux Falls. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
69861041893: 83°F1894: 101°F1895: 90°F1896: 82°F1897: 92°F1898: 92°F1899: 85°F1900: 80°F1901: 94°F1902: 83°F1903: 79°F1904: 95°F1905: 94°F1906: 81°F1907: 83°F1908: 91°F1909: 80°F1910: 89°F1911: 86°F1912: 75°F1913: 78°F1914: 78°F1915: 72°F1916: 86°F1917: 85°F1918: 82°F1919: 91°F1920: 84°F1921: 97°F1922: 80°F1923: 88°F1924: 82°F1925: 79°F1926: 101°F1927: 85°F1928: 85°F1929: 85°F1930: 94°F1931: 94°F1932: 94°F1933: 77°F1934: 83°F1935: 98°F1936: 104°F1937: 77°F1938: 94°F1939: 84°F1940: 86°F1941: 92°F1942: 103°F1943: 81°F1944: 83°F1945: 80°F1946: 90°F1947: 86°F1948: 79°F1949: 89°F1950: 79°F1951: 94°F1952: 90°F1953: 80°F1954: 90°F1955: 89°F1956: 83°F1957: 99°F1958: 69°F1959: 85°F1960: 87°F1961: 89°F1962: 82°F1963: 87°F1964: 94°F1965: 90°F1966: 98°F1967: 88°F1968: 91°F1969: 83°F1970: 91°F1971: 86°F1972: 85°F1973: 92°F1974: 101°F1975: 99°F1976: 79°F1977: 88°F1978: 94°F1979: 80°F1980: 94°F1981: 98°F1982: 82°F1983: 89°F1984: 92°F1985: 90°F1986: 96°F1987: 89°F1988: 93°F1989: 82°F1990: 96°F1991: 101°F1992: 78°F1993: 78°F1994: 86°F1995: 84°F1996: 85°F1997: 88°F1998: 83°F1999: 80°F2000: 83°F2001: 92°F2002: 92°F2003: 87°F2004: 82°F2005: 88°F2006: 87°F2007: 97°F2008: 88°F2009: 74°F2010: 92°F2011: 94°F2012: 100°F2013: 91°F2014: 77°F2015: 92°F2016: 82°F2017: 96°F2018: 83°F2019: 87°F2020: 88°F2021: 84°F2022: 88°F2023: 79°F2024: 82°F2025: 72°F97° forecast189319362025

The Numbers

Forecast high · Jul 1797°F
Hottest this date since2012
This-date record104°F
This-date rank#13 of 133
Hottest at any time since2025
All-time record110°F (1936)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Sioux Falls in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan66°F1981-38°F1912
Feb70°F1958-42°F1899
Mar89°F2026-23°F1948
Apr98°F19104°F1936
May104°F193417°F1967
Jun110°F198832°F1897
Jul110°F193634°F1895
Aug109°F193634°F1893
Sep104°F191313°F1899
Oct95°F2023-5°F1925
Nov82°F2020-17°F1959
Dec63°F1998-31°F1917
All-time110°F1936-42°F1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Sioux Falls so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

19 days
record run, ended Jul 5 1910

So far in 2026

4 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Sioux Falls's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 85°F · forecast is +12° vs normal.
Jan: 26°FJan: 8°FFeb: 31°FFeb: 12°FMar: 44°FMar: 24°FApr: 58°FApr: 35°FMay: 70°FMay: 47°FJun: 80°FJun: 58°FJul: 84°FJul: 63°FAug: 82°FAug: 60°FSep: 75°FSep: 51°FOct: 60°FOct: 37°FNov: 44°FNov: 24°FDec: 31°FDec: 13°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:58 AM
Sunset8:07 PM
Solar noon12:33 PM
Daylight15h 10m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

43.58°N, 96.75°W

Nearby Stations

Mitchell, SD65 mi WSpencer, IA82 mi ESioux City, IA84 mi SHuron, SD91 mi NWNorfolk, NE115 mi SWSisseton, SD144 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Sioux Falls's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Sioux Falls, SD — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Sioux Falls's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Sioux Falls, SD — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's high at Sioux Falls, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Sioux Falls, SD daily high heat map 1893–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Sioux Falls — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
4 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 96th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 9. Record: 27 in 1911.

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