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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1918

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1918 1-Month	6.0°F (-14.4°C)	15.0°F (-9.4°C)	-9.0°F (-5.0°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1937
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2006
	Ties: 1907
Dec 1917–Jan 1918 2-Month	8.4°F (-13.1°C)	17.5°F (-8.1°C)	-9.1°F (-5.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1979
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	1992, 2021
Nov 1917–Jan 1918 3-Month	18.9°F (-7.3°C)	22.2°F (-5.4°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1979
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2021
	Ties: 1965
Oct 1917–Jan 1918 4-Month	24.1°F (-4.4°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1912
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2000
Sep 1917–Jan 1918 5-Month	31.2°F (-0.4°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1897
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2006
	Ties: 1920
Aug 1917–Jan 1918 6-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1912
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2006
Jul 1917–Jan 1918 7-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1912
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2006
	Ties: 1994
Jun 1917–Jan 1918 8-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-3.0°F (-1.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1952
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2022
	Ties: 1994
May 1917–Jan 1918 9-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-3.2°F (-1.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1952
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2022
	Ties: 1997
Apr 1917–Jan 1918 10-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1952
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2006
Mar 1917–Jan 1918 11-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-3.5°F (-1.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1952
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2013
	Ties: 1997
Feb 1917–Jan 1918 12-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2013
Aug 1916–Jan 1918 18-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2013
Feb 1916–Jan 1918 24-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1952
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2007
Feb 1915–Jan 1918 36-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2007, 2008, 2018
Feb 1914–Jan 1918 48-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2008
Feb 1913–Jan 1918 60-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1920
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2008
	Ties: 1952

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/