Early May Heat... And A Cooler Memorial Day Weekend?

Things have been mighty hot around these parts the past couple of days - and that looks like it will continue for Wednesday as well... as we wait for a cold front to move through the area. We did some research both on our own and through discussions with helpful members of the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls - and found a large wealth of information that may interest you... such as the last time certain areas saw temperatures at 100 or higher:


Now, we didn't quite get near 100 in the Sioux Falls area - but we did see our 2nd day of 90s so far this year. Pretty impressive, considering the fact that we didn't hit 90 or higher that many more times last year.

So... by looking at the image above - you might come to the conclusion that last year we really didn't have that many extreme heat days... with the average number being 22 days with 90 or higher for highs in Sioux Falls...

Storm Chances & Cooling For Memorial Day Weekend

As we mentioned in the title - there is some cooling on the way that will arrive in the form of a cold front for Wednesday night into early Thursday. That leaves us unsettled for the weekend - with some dry and sunny patches mixed with some shower and thunderstorm chances.

If you look closely at the map above showing computer forecasted temperatures for Sunday - you see upper 60s to lower 70s. Assuming the unsettled weather becomes more settled - we could end up with some beautiful weather. If the computer models & their forecast for clouds & shower chances come true - we could see a more gloomy and cool-feeling weekend.

Stay tuned over the next couple of days!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer