▁are ▁ 1 8 ▁days ▁of ▁+ ▁high s ▁and ▁ 2 6 ▁days ▁with ▁sub - ▁l ows ▁ann ually . ▁Snow fall ▁occurs ▁mostly ▁in ▁light ▁to ▁moder ate ▁amounts ▁during ▁the ▁winter , ▁total ing ▁. ▁P reci p itation , ▁at ▁ ▁ann ually , ▁is ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁the ▁war mer ▁months . ▁Ext rem es ▁range ▁from ▁ ▁on ▁February ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁to ▁ ▁as ▁recently ▁as ▁June ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁Metropolitan ▁area ▁C anton ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Si oux ▁F alls ▁Metropolitan ▁Statist ical ▁Area ▁that ▁consists ▁of ▁four ▁count ies , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁South ▁Dak ota : ▁Lincoln , ▁McC ook , ▁Min neh aha , ▁and ▁Turner . ▁The ▁estimated ▁population ▁of ▁this ▁M SA ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁was ▁ 2 3 2 , 9 3 0 , ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁over ▁ 2 4 % ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census . ▁According ▁to ▁recent ▁estimates , ▁Lincoln ▁County , ▁which ▁C anton ▁is ▁the ▁County ▁Se at , ▁is ▁the ▁nin th ▁fast est - g row ing ▁county ▁( by ▁percentage ) ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁C anton , ▁several ▁cities ▁and ▁towns ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁are ▁Si oux ▁F alls , ▁Br andon , ▁D ell ▁Rap ids , ▁Te a , ▁Harris burg , ▁Wor thing , ▁Ber