Top Ten Monthly Snowfall Totals in Sioux Falls, SD

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Top 10 Snowfall Each Month in Sioux Falls, SD

Rank

Sep.

0.9
1985

0.2
1939

0.1
1945

T
2020

T
1985

T
1984

T
1961

T
1947

T
1929

T
1912

T
1908

Oct.

10.0
1991

7.4
1995

6.5
1905

6.3
2002

6.1
1898

6.0
1925

5.1
1970

4.8
2020

4.0
1918

4.0
1916

Nov.

21.9
1985

19.6
2000

19.0
1983

17.3
2015

17.0
1959

15.2
1979

14.8
1998

14.3
2005

13.8
2001

13.2
1975

Dec.

41.1
1968

27.8
2009

23.8
1924

20.6
1945

19.8
1996

19.4
2022

19.1
2015

17.9
2010

17.6
1982

17.3
1951

Jan.

22.2
1929

21.4
2023

21.0
1897

20.5
1937

20.5
1910

19.6
1969

19.0
1979

18.6
1917

18.3
1975

18.3
1916

Feb.

48.4
1962

28.5
1969

25.5
1909

21.1
1965

21.0
2019

20.3
1936

19.4
1929

18.6
1952

18.1
1945

17.8
1940

Mar.

31.5
1951

27.5
1917

21.6
1956

21.4
1998

20.4
1960

20.3
1940

19.4
1984

19.3
1970

19.0
1957

18.8
1983

Apr.

31.4
2018

18.4
1983

14.9
1994

14.8
2013

12.5
1995

11.3
1988

11.0
1893

10.7
1957

10.5
1929

9.0
2003

May

3.0
1944

2.2
2017

2.0
1943

1.5
2013

0.2
1954

0.1
1976

0.1
1968

0.1
1967

Jun.

T
1998

Top 20 Snowiest Months in Sioux Falls, SD

1. 48.4" Feb 1962
2. 41.1" Dec 1968
3. 31.5" Mar 1951
4. 31.4" Apr 2018
5. 28.5" Feb 1969
6. 27.8" Dec 2009
7. 27.5" Mar 1917
8. 25.5" Feb 1909
9. 23.8" Dec 1924
10. 22.2" Jan 1929
11. 21.9" Nov 1985
12. 21.6" Mar 1956
13. 21.4" Mar 1998
21.4" Jan 2023
15. 21.1" Feb 1965
16. 21.0" Jan 1897
21.0" Feb 2019
18. 20.6" Dec 1945
19. 20.5" Jan 1937
20.5" Jan 1910

Updated 1/2/26