South Dakota Towns Set New Snowfall Records To Kickoff 2023
HOW MUCH SNOW DID SIOUX FALLS GET?
2023 started with a major Winter Storm dumping tons of snow all over southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa.
Check out some of these impressive storm snowfall totals according to Dakota News Now:
- Lake Andes: 27.0”
- Armour: 26.5”
- Crooks: 22.0”
- Mitchell: 21.0”
- Alexandria: 20.0”
- Salem: 20.0”
- Trent: 19.0”
- Colton: 15.0”
- Ethan: 14.5”
- Tea: 13.1”
- Bridgewater: 13.0”
- Sioux Falls: 13.0”
- Marion: 12.1”
- Larchwood, IA: 12.0”
- Tyndall: 11.1”
- Yankton: 9.5”
Snow Blower-Ben Davis
According to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, there were some one-day snowfall records set for January 3 in Sioux Falls and Mitchell.
- Sioux Falls: 7.5" of snow. The previous record was 6.0" in 1897
- Mitchell: 17.2" of snow. The previous record was 6.0 in 1949.
NWS Sioux Falls
The Coldest Temperatures in Sioux Falls History
When a polar vortex rolls through Sioux Falls, it can get even the heartiest dreaming of indoor fires, baking, and hot chocolate.
Mr. Bendo is tough enough but for the love of Pete, someone put a scarf on the Statue of David!
All this icy chatter had us wondering about the coldest days ever recorded in Sioux Falls. Here is the historical data from the National Weather Service with the coldest temps ever recorded in Sioux Falls since record-keeping began in 1893.
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