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Annual Precipitation and Snowfall For Sioux Falls, SD

Annual Precipitation               Annual Snowfall
Year Amount (inches)   Year Amount (Inches)
1891 18.75      
1892 23.88   1892-93 36.9+
1893 21.83   1893-94 33.1
1894 10.53   1894-95 9.9
1895 20.28   1895-96 22.4
1896 30.07   1896-97 47.3
1897 24.49+   1897-98 15.2
1898 26.89   1898-99 35.3
1899 27.89+   1899-1900 14.0
1900 29.06   1900-01 10.6+
1901 21.65+   1901-02 20.3
1902 25.92   1902-03 16.2+
1903 30.90+   1903-04 16.5
1904 20.07+   1904-05 17.3+
1905 35.51   1905-06 25.0
1906 32.88   1906-07 19.3
1907 20.68+   1907-08 29.5
1908 33.04   1908-09 50.5
1909 36.02   1909-10 46.2
1910 16.89   1910-11 20.5
1911 33.16   1911-12 33.3+
1912 24.56   1912-13 22.5
1913 26.36   1913-14 14.0+
1914 26.57   1914-15 34.6
1915 29.31   1915-16 33.2
1916 22.26   1916-17 57.6
1917 19.45   1917-18 21.2+
1918 25.62   1918-19 22.5
1919 28.08   1919-20 37.4
1920 32.89   1920-21 27.2
1921 24.18   1921-22 35.3
1922 23.10   1922-23 23.2
1923 29.23   1923-24 28.3
1924 20.28   1924-25 43.9
1925 20.04   1925-26 25.4
1926 24.04   1926-27 30.9
1927 23.95   1927-28 15.2+
1928 26.23   1928-29 66.3
1929 34.09   1929-30 20.6
1930 23.76   1930-31 5.4
1931 17.73   1931-32 37.3
1932 27.65+   1932-33 31.6
1933 20.73   1933-34 22.0
1934 24.61   1934-35 35.6
1935 32.25   1935-36 63.5
1936 25.28   1936-37 51.4
1937 27.65   1937-38 49.4
1938 29.43   1938-39 27.6
1939 25.33   1939-40 42.7
1940 26.64+   1940-41 40.0
1941 20.68   1941-42 16.9
1942 27.42   1942-43 2.0+
1943 23.45   1943-44 29.8
1944 32.21+   1944-45 33.5
1945 25.37   1945-46 35.0
1946 26.26   1946-47 34.8
1947 25.61+   1947-48 31.5
1948 27.58   1948-49 37.3
1949 20.76   1949-50 50.4
1950 21.24   1950-51 55.9
1951 30.79   1951-52 63.5
1952 18.86   1952-53 45.1
1953 30.05   1953-54 39.1
1954 24.69   1954-55 31.5
1955 18.16   1955-56 60.5
1956 22.74   1956-57 44.3
1957 28.19   1957-58 13.3
1958 15.33   1958-59 29.7
1959 29.81   1959-60 61.6
1960 27.51   1960-61 33.5
1961 23.05   1961-62 79.8
1962 30.47   1962-63 25.3
1963 21.00   1963-64 24.9
1964 22.56   1964-65 48.5
1965 27.94   1965-66 15.2
1966 20.84   1966-67 30.9
1967 16.40   1967-68 9.1
1968 27.82   1968-69 94.7
1969 26.58   1969-70 47.8
1970 27.38   1970-71 22.7
1971 23.64   1971-72 33.2
1972 26.43   1972-73 22.1
1973 28.19   1973-74 24.9
1974 17.03   1974-75 42.9
1975 26.10   1975-76 36.8
1976 11.42   1976-77 28.9
1977 31.62   1977-78 37.7
1978 23.17   1978-79 53.4
1979 32.25   1979-80 29.7
1980 13.82   1980-81 10.8
1981 18.11   1981-82 42.4
1982 33.26   1982-83 70.5
1983 26.77   1983-84 75.0
1984 29.64   1984-85 31.4
1985 27.16   1985-86 50.6
1986 30.50   1986-87 8.1
1987 18.66   1987-88 59.9
1988 19.14   1988-89 41.8
1989 15.79   1989-90 13.1
1990 19.20   1990-91 32.4
1991 27.44   1991-92 47.9
1992 32.47   1992-93 51.9
1993 36.11   1993-94 59.2
1994 22.87   1994-95 40.9
1995 30.42   1995-96 40.4
1996 19.84   1996-97 63.7
1997 20.26   1997-98 49.0
1998 31.12   1998-99 55.2
1999 21.91   1999-2000 21.4
2000 26.11   2000-01 57.9
2001 30.18   2001-02 45.0
2002 24.07   2002-03 32.1
2003 21.81   2003-04 56.6
2004 30.92   2004-05 27.4
2005 31.71   2005-06 35.1
2006 26.74   2006-07 44.3
2007 31.34   2007-08 45.7
2008 25.47   2008-09 34.8
2009 23.06   2009-10 57.1
2010 38.26   2010-11 45.1
2011 24.28   2011-12 15.9
2012 17.34   2012-13 43.3
2013 25.79   2013-14 45.3
2014 29.27   2014-15 31.9
2015 32.94   2015-16 68.5
2016 32.23   2016-17 42.9
2017 25.20   2017-18 70.4
2018 39.17   2018-19 52.4
2019 39.54   2019-20 39.4
2020 16.35   2020-21 40.0
2021 27.73   2021-22 19.9
2022 24.81   2022-23 65.2
2023 18.79   2023-24 25.2
2024 30.21   2024-25 16.2
2025 20.82   2025-26 20.3+
2026 T+   2026-27  

Updated Jan '26                    +  at least one day value missing