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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 1941

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1941 1-Month	17.6°F (-8.0°C)	15.0°F (-9.4°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1937
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2006
	Ties: 1927, 1999
Dec 1940–Jan 1941 2-Month	21.2°F (-6.0°C)	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1979
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1992, 2021
Nov 1940–Jan 1941 3-Month	23.0°F (-5.0°C)	22.2°F (-5.4°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2021
Oct 1940–Jan 1941 4-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2000
	Ties: 1913, 2015
Sep 1940–Jan 1941 5-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1897
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2006
	Ties: 1931, 1955
Aug 1940–Jan 1941 6-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2006
	Ties: 1955, 1998, 2017
Jul 1940–Jan 1941 7-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2006
Jun 1940–Jan 1941 8-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1952
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2022
	Ties: 1942
May 1940–Jan 1941 9-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1952
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2022
	Ties: 1940, 1992, 2007
Apr 1940–Jan 1941 10-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1952
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2006
	Ties: 1953, 2008
Mar 1940–Jan 1941 11-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1952
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2013
	Ties: 1914, 1947, 2004
Feb 1940–Jan 1941 12-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1918
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2013
	Ties: 1982, 2004, 2012
Aug 1939–Jan 1941 18-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2013
	Ties: 1991
Feb 1939–Jan 1941 24-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1952
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2007
	Ties: 1902, 1936, 1964, 2016
Feb 1938–Jan 1941 36-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1918
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2007, 2008, 2018
	Ties: 2003, 2014
Feb 1937–Jan 1941 48-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1918
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2008
	Ties: 2014
Feb 1936–Jan 1941 60-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1920
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2008
	Ties: 1939, 1985, 1988, 2000

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/