Some winters we hardly get any snow, other years we could absolutely get dumped on.

Sure, we've had some impressive storms already this year, but let's look back at the top 10 one-day totals in South Dakota as compiled by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

#10. Mar 4, 1985
- Grant County: 27 inches
#9. Apr 12, 1991 (tie)
- Ziebach County: 28 inches
#9. Apr 18, 1995 (tie)
- Tripp County: 28 inches
#9. Mar 14, 1973 (tie)
- Meade County: 28 inches
#9. Oct 5, 2013 (tie)
- Fall River County: 28 inches
#5. Mar 4, 1966
- Edmunds County: 29 inches
#4. May 2, 2008
- Butte County: 30 inches
#3. Oct 5, 2013
- Pennington County: 35 inches
#2. Jan 5, 1949
- Jackson County: 48 inches
#1. Mar 14, 1973
- Lawrence County: 52 inches
Just for fun, the largest 3-day total in South Dakota was again set in Lawrence County (Lead, SD) in February of 1998 where a whopping 74.1" of snow fell in just 72 hours!

The 6 Types of South Dakota Drivers You Deal With Every Winter

Every year it snows in Sioux Falls. We may live in denial during the spring and summer, but it happens.

When the snow falls on the Falls, life in the city does not stop. We all still have to go to work, school, and the liquor store...um I mean go get snacks.

When you tackle the snowy routes around town you tend to run across six types of drivers in the snow.
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