WETTESTSINCE
South Dakota · precipitation record 1893–2026

Sioux Falls, SD

TODAY · 2026
WETTEST TODAY SINCE 1955
0.58in
5th wettest of 133 years · normal 0.0"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
1.73" of rain forecast
the most rain in 3 days since 2026
1.73in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.58in
5th wettest of 133 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.62in
64th wettest of 134 yrs
102% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
8.57in
41st driest of 134 yrs
84% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
11.82in
21st driest of 134 yrs
76% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

5.44in
on Aug 7, 2022 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

2days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 61 days (to Dec 21, 1910)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days

Year to Date vs Normal

76%
11.82" of a normal 15.57" · wettest 28.71" (1993) · driest 5.25" (1931)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 133-year record (1893–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 25.63" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1201939.54in
2201839.17in
3201038.26in
4199336.11in
5190936.02in

Driest Years on Record

1189410.53in
2197611.42in
3198013.82in
4195815.33in
5198915.79in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jun (~3.9") and driest in Jan (~0.45"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jun 2014, 13.7".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Sioux Falls — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

2.60in
set in 1948

Rain on Jul 28

23%
of 133 years had measurable rain
1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.68″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.13″1901: 0.59″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.39″1904: 0.45″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.20″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.53″1922: 0.11″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.50″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.47″1943: 0.54″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.10″1947: 0.05″1948: 2.60″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.15″1954: 0.00″1955: 1.47″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.02″1973: 0.22″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.05″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.03″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.01″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.11″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.01″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.02″2005: 0.02″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.07″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.03″2012: 0.23″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.48″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.43″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.58″0″1″2″3″1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Sioux Falls's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Sioux Falls, SD — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Sioux Falls's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Sioux Falls, SD — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:13 AM
Sunset7:53 PM
Solar noon12:33 PM
Daylight14h 41m
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

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