This included 9 days in a row of 100 degrees or higher from July 9-17, 1936. The summer of 1936 was the hottest on record and had 21 days of 100 degrees or higher. 15-16, 1996 with 2-3 inches of melted precipitation in the form of freezing rain, sleet, and some snow in the Sioux Falls area.ħ. 1975, and basically the whole winter of 1996-97.Ħ. Other South Dakota snowstorms/blizzards of note include on Mar.
#Big big weather plus
There were widespread two foot plus snowfall amounts from west to east across the state except the far southeast (where Sioux Falls had 11.1 inches of wet snow, sleet, and freezing rain). 3-4, 1985 which overall was one of the most widespread heavy snowfalls in South Dakota history. The latest heavy snowstorm was around 11 inches on Apr. The earliest heavy snowstorm was the famous Halloween 1991 snowstorm from October 31 st to November 1 st with a foot of snowfall and blizzard conditions on the 1 st. southern Sioux Falls but 11.0 at airportĥ. This winter was followed by all-time record high river stages for the Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls in April 1969 all due to the snowmelt.Ĥ. This storm caused 16.6 inches in 24 hours and snowdrifts up to 10 feet in the area. 21-22, 1968 of 17.7 inches getting the (snow)ball rolling. The snowiest winter in history was 94.7 inches from 1968-69 with a real whopper snowstorm on Dec. This storm also contributed to the snowiest month on record with 48.4 inches for Feb. The biggest snowstorm in our history was 32.2 inches snowfall from Feb. Livestock loss was an estimated 10 to 15 thousand head.Īnother blizzard of note for areas west of Sioux Falls was the famous April 13-14, 1986 blizzard in much of South Dakota which caused some of the worst livestock losses in history.Ģ.
A 2000 foot high broadcast tower east of Sioux Falls collapsed due to the storm. Two college students from Sioux Falls died from exposure when their car stalled 3 miles east of Sioux Falls. There were 8 deaths in South Dakota during the storm, but only 2 can be attributed directly to the storm. There was only 7 inches of snow measured at Sioux Falls, but wind gusts were up to 70 mph, wind chills were down to 70 below zero, and visibilities were below a quarter mile at the airport for 24 straight hours. 10-11, 1975 was widely considered to be the worst blizzard of the century in this area. Here is a list not necessarily in order of importance.ġ. There is a lot of detail available since that time however and a lot of the big events have occurred since 1966. The only problem with this list of the century's big weather events, is that we currently do not have comprehensive information on the severity of thunderstorms or snowstorms/blizzards before 1966 (we do not have published Storm Data before then), but we can still give you the big snow amounts and basic information.
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