Climate averages 1991–2020
Sioux Falls weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sioux Falls: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sioux City (119 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sioux Falls, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sioux Falls ranks joint 406th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 291st of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Sioux Falls is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sioux Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.5°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 20 | 4.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -0.5°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.6°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 46 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 91 | 10.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 114 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 130 | 12.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.9 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 85 | 8.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 80 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 61 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 40 | 5.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 27 | 5.0 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Sioux City in AugustUnited States · 119 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Omaha in AugustUnited States · 262 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Lincoln in AugustUnited States · 305 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in AugustUnited States · 307 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in AugustUnited States · 309 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Minneapolis in AugustUnited States · 319 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in AugustUnited States · 319 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Saint Paul in AugustUnited States · 329 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 98 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sioux Falls) is explained once on the Sioux Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.