Statewide areal climate 1951–2025

South Dakota

A 20.9" / 46.1°F normal · 2025 ran 111% of normal precipitation. 66 counties.
2026 so far · through Jul 25: This area is at 66% (8.6") of the 1996–2025 to-date normal — the 4th driest start of 76 years. Temperature +3.4°F vs normal. U.S. year-to-date →

Normal (1996–2025)

20.9in
annual precipitation · 46.1°F

2025 vs Normal

111%
23.1" · 47.2°F (+1.1 vs normal)

Wettest Year

31.4in
2019

Driest Year

12.8in
1976

Biggest Rain Day

1.75in
Oct 9 · 1982

Warmest Year

49.3°F
2012

Record

1951–2025
75 complete years · NOAA nClimGrid

Where 2025 Ran Wet & Dry

Every county in South Dakota by its 2025 precipitation vs the 1996–2025 normal.
Where 2025 Ran Wet & Dry

Monthly Climate

19°
J
22°
F
33°
M
44°
A
56°
M
67°
J
73°
J
71°
A
62°
S
48°
O
34°
N
22°
D
—— normal temperature (°F) · ▮ normal precipitation (in) · 1996–2025

Counties (66)

Aurora CountyBeadle CountyBennett CountyBon Homme CountyBrookings CountyBrown CountyBrule CountyBuffalo CountyButte CountyCampbell CountyCharles Mix CountyClark CountyClay CountyCodington CountyCorson CountyCuster CountyDavison CountyDay CountyDeuel CountyDewey CountyDouglas CountyEdmunds CountyFall River CountyFaulk CountyGrant CountyGregory CountyHaakon CountyHamlin CountyHand CountyHanson CountyHarding CountyHughes CountyHutchinson CountyHyde CountyJackson CountyJerauld CountyJones CountyKingsbury CountyLake CountyLawrence CountyLincoln CountyLyman CountyMarshall CountyMcCook CountyMcPherson CountyMeade CountyMellette CountyMiner CountyMinnehaha CountyMoody CountyOglala Lakota CountyPennington CountyPerkins CountyPotter CountyRoberts CountySanborn CountySpink CountyStanley CountySully CountyTodd CountyTripp CountyTurner CountyUnion CountyWalworth CountyYankton CountyZiebach County
Areal nClimGrid averages (NOAA/NCEI) over the whole area — an average across the region, not a single station. Separate from the station records.
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