Sioux Falls SD Biggest Snowfall for Each Year

Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Sioux Falls got more than a foot of snow in a single day?

This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Sioux Falls and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.

These snowfall extremes were measured at Sioux Falls Regional Airport and go back to 1932. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Sioux Falls is 18.1 inches (46.0 centimetres) on March 10, 1956.

Most snow to fall in one day during recent years in Sioux Falls
Inches	Date	Centimetres
7.5	January 03, 2023	19.1
6.7	December 08, 2022	17.0
9.5	December 10, 2021	24.1
6.6	January 17, 2020	16.8
7.2	February 20, 2019	18.3
13.7	April 14, 2018	34.8
5.0	February 23, 2017	12.7
6.4	March 26, 2016	16.3
8.7	November 30, 2015	22.1
6.5	November 15, 2014	16.5
5.7	November 05, 2013	14.5
5.6	February 23, 2012	14.2
5.4	January 31, 2011	13.7
7.6	December 11, 2010	19.3

Highest daily snowfall recorded at Sioux Falls each year
Inches	Date	Centimetres
10.5	December 25, 2009	26.7
4.6	March 31, 2008	11.7
6.3	April 10, 2007	16.0
4.6	March 12, 2006	11.7
9.4	March 18, 2005	23.9
6.1	February 05, 2004	15.5
8.0	December 09, 2003	20.3
6.8	March 18, 2002	17.3
12.1	November 26, 2001	30.7
5.3	April 07, 2000	13.5
9.3	March 08, 1999	23.6
12.6	November 10, 1998	32.0
8.4	February 03, 1997	21.3
9.2	December 14, 1996	23.4
5.9	April 09, 1995	15.0
10.5	April 28, 1994	26.7
11.7	March 21, 1993	29.7
6.1	March 09, 1992	15.5
8.8	October 31, 1991	22.4
4.6	November 03, 1990 +	11.7
6.2	March 02, 1989	15.7
10.4	January 19, 1988	26.4
7.1	December 27, 1987	18.0
4.5	January 21, 1986	11.4
8.0	November 08, 1985	20.3
8.9	February 18, 1984	22.6
8.1	March 26, 1983	20.6
8.2	January 22, 1982	20.8
6.2	November 30, 1981	15.7
3.7	December 01, 1980	9.4
8.5	November 21, 1979	21.6
5.9	December 02, 1978	15.0
9.1	March 02, 1977	23.1
6.2	March 04, 1976	15.7
5.7	November 19, 1975	14.5
3.3	April 03, 1974	8.4
6.3	December 24, 1973	16.0
5.0	March 03, 1972	12.7
4.7	March 18, 1971	11.9
11.6	March 19, 1970	29.5
9.8	February 14, 1969	24.9
12.0	December 22, 1968	30.5
4.1	February 15, 1967	10.4
3.4	December 28, 1966	8.6
8.6	February 09, 1965	21.8
4.0	December 24, 1964	10.2
8.0	December 08, 1963	20.3
18.0	February 17, 1962	45.7
5.2	February 01, 1961	13.2
11.3	January 01, 1960	28.7
7.5	November 12, 1959	19.1
3.2	December 07, 1958 +	8.1
8.4	April 04, 1957	21.3
18.1	March 10, 1956	46.0
10.9	December 03, 1955	27.7
7.7	March 12, 1954	19.6
7.1	February 20, 1953	18.0
16.6	February 19, 1952	42.2
14.7	March 02, 1951	37.3
5.7	April 29, 1950	14.5
8.9	March 30, 1949	22.6
6.5	November 19, 1948	16.5
7.7	January 28, 1947	19.6
6.1	November 09, 1946	15.5
10.5	February 04, 1945	26.7
5.5	February 10, 1944	14.0
–	1943	–
–	1942	–
2.8	December 25, 1941	7.1
5.0	November 21, 1940 +	12.7
4.5	February 16, 1939	11.4
8.0	February 16, 1938	20.3
6.0	January 01, 1937	15.2
9.0	March 26, 1936	22.9
5.0	December 27, 1935	12.7
4.5	December 03, 1934 +	11.4
6.0	March 05, 1933	15.2
7.5	February 16, 1932	19.1

Sioux Falls - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year

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