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RSS FeedsThanksgiving Climate Statistics
While a fairly hefty variety of weather conditions has been found across the area on Thanksgiving Day over the years, recent years have brought more differences in temperatures compared to extreme precipitation. The warmest, or nearly warmest Thanksgiving on record was experienced in 1998, with highs in the 60s across the area. Just last year, the coldest Thanksgiving morning was experienced since 1993 with lows from zero to 10 below. Colder yet was Thanksgiving Day of 1985, which saw temperatures all day long struggle to get much above zero.
The last year with any significant snowcover across the area on Thanksgiving Day was in 2000, when 5 to 10 inch snow depths were common, and the last year with widespread accumulating snowfall takes us all the way back to 1993, where 1 to 4 inches snowfall was common.
Here is what a "normal" Thanksgiving Day might bring, along with our forecast conditions for this year.
|
1981-2010 Normals |
Period of Record Mean |
Forecast |
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|
Max/Min |
Precipitation |
Max/Min |
Precipitation |
Max/Min |
Precipitation |
|
| Sioux Falls, SD |
37/18 |
0.04 |
37/19 |
0.03 |
63/37 |
0 |
| Huron, SD |
38/18 |
0.02 |
37/16 |
0.02 |
58/33 |
0 |
| Sioux City, IA |
41/21 |
0.04 |
40/22 |
0.03 |
64/29 |
0 |
Below lists the climate extremes on Thanksgiving Day over the years for Sioux Falls, Huron and Sioux City.
| Sioux Falls | ||||||||||
| Coldest Minimum Temp. | Warmest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1905 |
11/30 |
21 |
-9 |
0 |
|
1914 |
11/26 |
67 |
29 |
0 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
3 |
-6 |
T |
|
1998 |
11/26 |
62 |
26 |
0 |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
8 |
-6 |
T |
|
2006 |
11/23 |
58 |
27 |
0 |
|
1952 |
11/27 |
16 |
-5 |
0 |
|
1909 |
11/25 |
58 |
30 |
0 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
16 |
-5 |
0.20 |
|
1922 |
11/30 |
58 |
32 |
0.07 |
|
1898 |
11/24 |
17 |
-3 |
0.05 |
|
1941 |
11/27 |
57 |
24 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
4 |
0 |
0.30 |
|
1960 |
11/24 |
56 |
31 |
0 |
|
1958 |
11/27 |
26 |
1 |
0.01 |
|
1997 |
11/27 |
56 |
26 |
0 |
|
2000 |
11/23 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
|
1901 |
11/28 |
55 |
28 |
0 |
|
2010 |
11/25 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
|
1988 |
11/24 |
54 |
33 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
11/22 |
53 |
21 |
0.01 |
| Warmest Minimum Temp. | Coldest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1913 |
11/27 |
50 |
40 |
0 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
3 |
-6 |
T |
|
1939 |
11/23 |
48 |
38 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
4 |
0 |
0.30 |
|
1937 |
11/25 |
50 |
36 |
0 |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
8 |
-6 |
T |
|
2001 |
11/22 |
52 |
36 |
0 |
|
1919 |
11/27 |
14 |
5 |
0.23 |
|
1988 |
11/24 |
54 |
33 |
0 |
|
1930 |
11/27 |
15 |
9 |
T |
|
1922 |
11/30 |
58 |
32 |
0.07 |
|
1977 |
11/24 |
15 |
3 |
0.05 |
|
1943 |
11/25 |
38 |
32 |
0.05 |
|
1952 |
11/27 |
16 |
-5 |
0 |
|
1920 |
11/25 |
40 |
31 |
0 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
16 |
-5 |
0.20 |
|
1960 |
11/24 |
56 |
31 |
0 |
|
2010 |
11/25 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1898 |
11/24 |
17 |
-3 |
0.05 |
| Wettest | Snowiest | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Snowfall |
|
1940 |
11/21 |
39 |
28 |
0.49 |
|
1940 |
11/21 |
39 |
28 |
5.0 |
|
1979 |
11/22 |
30 |
24 |
0.41 |
|
1979 |
11/22 |
30 |
24 |
4.4 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
4 |
0 |
0.30 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
16 |
-5 |
3.9 |
|
1919 |
11/27 |
14 |
5 |
0.23 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
4 |
0 |
3.0 |
|
1931 |
11/26 |
27 |
16 |
0.22 |
|
1919 |
11/27 |
14 |
5 |
2.8 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
16 |
-5 |
0.20 |
|
1991 |
11/28 |
31 |
22 |
1.3 |
|
1899 |
11/30 |
37 |
28 |
0.19 |
|
1936 |
11/26 |
33 |
17 |
1.0 |
|
1970 |
11/26 |
30 |
10 |
0.17 |
|
1956 |
11/22 |
26 |
5 |
1.0 |
|
1936 |
11/26 |
33 |
17 |
0.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sioux City | ||||||||||
| Coldest Minimum Temp. | Warmest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1905 |
11/30 |
20 |
-5 |
0 |
|
1998 |
11/26 |
66 |
25 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
10 |
-4 |
0.14 |
|
1914 |
11/26 |
64 |
39 |
0 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
14 |
0 |
0.04 |
|
1922 |
11/30 |
62 |
31 |
0.04 |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
|
1976 |
11/25 |
61 |
32 |
T |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
8 |
2 |
0.02 |
|
2001 |
11/22 |
61 |
30 |
0 |
|
1889 |
11/28 |
18 |
2 |
0.00 |
|
1901 |
11/28 |
60 |
29 |
0 |
|
1952 |
11/27 |
19 |
4 |
T |
|
1941 |
11/27 |
60 |
28 |
0 |
|
1938 |
11/24 |
27 |
5 |
T |
|
1997 |
11/27 |
60 |
35 |
T |
|
2010 |
11/25 |
25 |
6 |
0 |
|
1990 |
11/22 |
59 |
30 |
T |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
11/23 |
58 |
23 |
0 |
| Warmest Minimum Temp. | Coldest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1913 |
11/27 |
51 |
44 |
0 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
8 |
2 |
0.02 |
|
1914 |
11/26 |
64 |
39 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
10 |
-4 |
0.14 |
|
1939 |
11/23 |
53 |
39 |
T |
|
1919 |
11/27 |
12 |
7 |
0.08 |
|
1909 |
11/25 |
57 |
36 |
T |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
14 |
0 |
0.04 |
|
1937 |
11/25 |
54 |
35 |
0 |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
|
1997 |
11/27 |
60 |
35 |
T |
|
1889 |
11/28 |
18 |
2 |
0.00 |
|
1906 |
11/29 |
41 |
34 |
T |
|
1952 |
11/27 |
19 |
4 |
T |
|
1910 |
11/24 |
51 |
34 |
0 |
|
1905 |
11/30 |
20 |
-5 |
0 |
|
1943 |
11/25 |
40 |
34 |
0.04 |
|
1930 |
11/27 |
20 |
12 |
0.01 |
|
1965 |
11/25 |
39 |
34 |
T |
|
1898 |
11/24 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
|
1988 |
11/24 |
57 |
34 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wettest | Snowiest | (SINCE 1948) | ||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Snowfall |
|
1896 |
11/26 |
23 |
10 |
1.64 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
10 |
-4 |
1.8 |
|
1940 |
11/21 |
36 |
28 |
0.53 |
|
1979 |
11/22 |
34 |
23 |
1.2 |
|
1899 |
11/30 |
38 |
32 |
0.35 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
14 |
0 |
1.2 |
|
1931 |
11/26 |
27 |
25 |
0.21 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
8 |
2 |
0.5 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
10 |
-4 |
0.14 |
|
1956 |
11/22 |
34 |
8 |
0.3 |
|
1979 |
11/22 |
34 |
23 |
0.11 |
|
1977 |
11/24 |
25 |
18 |
0.2 |
| Huron | ||||||||||
| Coldest Minimum Temp. | Warmest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1905 |
11/30 |
17 |
-14 |
0 |
|
1998 |
11/26 |
67 |
29 |
0 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
1 |
-12 |
T |
|
1932 |
11/24 |
64 |
26 |
0 |
|
1903 |
11/26 |
25 |
-9 |
0 |
|
1914 |
11/26 |
63 |
26 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
-1 |
-8 |
0.30 |
|
1883 |
11/29 |
62 |
15 |
0 |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
2 |
-6 |
T |
|
1901 |
11/28 |
61 |
30 |
0 |
|
1881 |
11/24 |
23 |
-4 |
T |
|
2002 |
11/28 |
59 |
14 |
0 |
|
1886 |
11/25 |
24 |
-4 |
T |
|
1917 |
11/29 |
58 |
31 |
T |
|
1889 |
11/28 |
16 |
-4 |
T |
|
1941 |
11/27 |
58 |
25 |
0 |
|
1964 |
11/26 |
17 |
-4 |
0.02 |
|
2001 |
11/22 |
56 |
26 |
0.01 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
15 |
-4 |
0.06 |
|
2006 |
11/23 |
55 |
25 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
11/22 |
55 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
11/27 |
55 |
28 |
0 |
| Warmest Minimum Temp. | Coldest Maximum Temp. | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
1913 |
11/27 |
50 |
36 |
0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
-1 |
-8 |
0.30 |
|
1939 |
11/23 |
49 |
34 |
0 |
|
1985 |
11/28 |
1 |
-12 |
T |
|
1967 |
11/23 |
51 |
33 |
T |
|
1950 |
11/23 |
2 |
-6 |
T |
|
1988 |
11/24 |
45 |
33 |
0 |
|
1919 |
11/27 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
|
1937 |
11/25 |
49 |
32 |
0 |
|
1977 |
11/24 |
14 |
-2 |
0.07 |
|
1917 |
11/29 |
58 |
31 |
T |
|
1929 |
11/28 |
15 |
0 |
T |
|
1901 |
11/28 |
61 |
30 |
0 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
15 |
-4 |
0.06 |
|
1906 |
11/29 |
51 |
30 |
0 |
|
1889 |
11/28 |
16 |
-4 |
T |
|
1910 |
11/24 |
48 |
30 |
0 |
|
1898 |
11/24 |
16 |
-1 |
T |
|
1940 |
11/21 |
35 |
30 |
0.02 |
|
1905 |
11/30 |
17 |
-14 |
0 |
|
1943 |
11/25 |
40 |
30 |
T |
|
1964 |
11/26 |
17 |
-4 |
0.02 |
|
1981 |
11/26 |
36 |
30 |
T |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wettest | Snowiest | |||||||||
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Precip |
|
Year |
Date |
Max |
Min |
Snowfall |
|
1896 |
11/26 |
21 |
4 |
0.58 |
|
1896 |
11/26 |
21 |
4 |
5.0 |
|
1897 |
11/25 |
24 |
11 |
0.49 |
|
1897 |
11/25 |
24 |
11 |
4.9 |
|
1922 |
11/30 |
48 |
23 |
0.32 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
-1 |
-8 |
3.0 |
|
1893 |
11/30 |
-1 |
-8 |
0.30 |
|
1977 |
11/24 |
14 |
-2 |
1.9 |
|
1931 |
11/26 |
29 |
15 |
0.13 |
|
1931 |
11/26 |
29 |
15 |
1.4 |
|
1891 |
11/26 |
21 |
14 |
0.08 |
|
1993 |
11/25 |
15 |
-4 |
1.4 |
|
1956 |
11/22 |
37 |
4 |
0.08 |
|
1970 |
11/26 |
28 |
1 |
1.0 |
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