Sioux Falls sets single day rainfall record!

August 8, 2022

SIOUX FALLS, S.D— Sioux Falls saw record-breaking rain Sunday morning, receiving the most rain in one day ever before many people had even had breakfast.

The all-time daily rainfall record, for any time of year, at the airport was 4.59 inches on August 1, 1975.

But on Sunday, Sioux Falls saw a whopping 5.41 inches of rain, beating the previous record by nearly an inch.