September
September · August · June
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Sioux Valley: typically 23.9°C by day, 10.6°C at night, with 74 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · August · June
July · August · June
September · May · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 83 — days reach only -4.6°C, 29° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.6°C | -14.6°C | 21 mm | 4.1 | 9 h 17 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -2.2°C | -12.3°C | 21 mm | 3.6 | 10 h 25 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 5.1°C | -5.5°C | 42 mm | 5 | 11 h 47 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 13.7°C | 1.3°C | 87 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 21 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| May | 20.8°C | 8.6°C | 122 mm | 10.8 | 14 h 41 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| June | 27°C | 15.2°C | 128 mm | 9.9 | 15 h 24 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| July | 29.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 mm | 7.3 | 15 h 07 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| August | 27.7°C | 15.6°C | 90 mm | 7.4 | 13 h 58 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| September | 23.9°C | 10.6°C | 74 mm | 6.6 | 12 h 27 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| October | 15.9°C | 3.3°C | 61 mm | 6.1 | 10 h 56 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| November | 6°C | -4.5°C | 38 mm | 4.4 | 9 h 37 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -1.8°C | -11°C | 24 mm | 4.3 | 8 h 57 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C25 Jan 1981 | -38.9°C11 Jan 1918 | 50 mm11 Jan 1975 | 83 mm1975 · driest 0 mm in 1931 | 105 |
| February | 19.4°C27 Feb 2024 | -36.1°C2 Feb 1917 | 41 mm1 Feb 1915 | 67 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 1982 | 104 |
| March | 30.6°C19 Mar 2012 | -31.1°C11 Mar 1948 | 58 mm24 Mar 1937 | 118 mm1987 · driest 3 mm in 1994 | 105 |
| April | 35.6°C30 Apr 2007 | -17.2°C3 Apr 1936 | 63 mm13 Apr 1991 | 177 mm2001 · driest 1 mm in 1915 | 104 |
| May | 41.7°C30 May 1934 | -8.9°C3 May 1967 | 89 mm19 May 1917 | 275 mm1959 · driest 2 mm in 1934 | 104 |
| June | 41.1°C7 Jun 2011 | 1.1°C9 Jun 1915 | 152 mm7 Jun 1953 | 354 mm2024 · driest 21 mm in 2021 | 104 |
| July | 41.7°C17 Jul 1936 | 5.6°C4 Jul 1967 | 111 mm4 Jul 1962 | 276 mm2011 · driest 8 mm in 1975 | 104 |
| August | 40.6°C24 Aug 1936 | 2.2°C30 Aug 1915 | 134 mm18 Aug 2007 | 305 mm1979 · driest 9 mm in 1950 | 104 |
| September | 39.4°C21 Sep 2022 | -5.6°C22 Sep 1913 | 163 mm15 Sep 2004 | 283 mm2004 · driest 5 mm in 2024 | 106 |
| October | 35.0°C4 Oct 2006 | -14.4°C30 Oct 1917 | 74 mm10 Oct 1914 | 165 mm2019 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 106 |
| November | 26.7°C4 Nov 2008 | -23.9°C28 Nov 1976 | 54 mm9 Nov 1977 | 122 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2007 | 106 |
| December | 20.0°C9 Dec 1939 | -33.9°C29 Dec 1917 | 48 mm30 Dec 1968 | 156 mm1968 · driest 0 mm in 1982 | 104 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 4 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 4 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| April | 2 | <1 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| May | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 15 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 4 | <1 | 9 | 2 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 4 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was August (scoring 81); on 2011–2025 it is September (85). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 11% | 1% | 5% | -8.7–0.2°C |
| February | 0% | 12% | 2% | 6% | -6.3–2.6°C |
| March | 4% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 0.7–9.5°C |
| April | 20% | 23% | 8% | 24% | 10.2–17.3°C |
| May | 46% | 30% | 11% | 36% | 18.4–24.7°C |
| June | 65% | 30% | 13% | 35% | 24.2–29.5°C |
| July | 77% | 22% | 9% | 19% | 26.8–31.7°C |
| August | 75% | 23% | 8% | 20% | 25.5–30.6°C |
| September | 60% | 21% | 8% | 22% | 20.6–26.2°C |
| October | 30% | 17% | 5% | 15% | 13.2–19.7°C |
| November | 3% | 13% | 3% | 8% | 2.2–10.1°C |
| December | 0% | 12% | 2% | 7% | -5.2–2.2°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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