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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

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South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1980 1-Month	20.2°F (-6.6°C)	19.9°F (-6.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1954
	Ties: 1968
Jan–Feb 1980 2-Month	18.0°F (-7.8°C)	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1931, 1992
	Ties: 1902, 1968
Dec 1979–Feb 1980 3-Month	21.4°F (-5.9°C)	18.2°F (-7.7°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1992
Nov 1979–Feb 1980 4-Month	23.5°F (-4.7°C)	21.6°F (-5.8°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2000
Oct 1979–Feb 1980 5-Month	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2000
	Ties: 1924, 1955
Sep 1979–Feb 1980 6-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2016
	Ties: 1932, 1944, 1958, 1961
Aug 1979–Feb 1980 7-Month	39.3°F (4.1°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2002
	Ties: 1908
Jul 1979–Feb 1980 8-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	42.2°F (5.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1897, 1936
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2002
Jun 1979–Feb 1980 9-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2002
	Ties: 1901, 1988
May 1979–Feb 1980 10-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2002
	Ties: 1923
Apr 1979–Feb 1980 11-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1936
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2002
	Ties: 1937, 1957, 1963
Mar 1979–Feb 1980 12-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1952
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2013
	Ties: 1924, 1927, 1957, 1960
Sep 1978–Feb 1980 18-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1899, 1910, 1936, 1972
Mar 1978–Feb 1980 24-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918, 1952
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1930, 1951, 1972
Mar 1977–Feb 1980 36-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2000, 2007, 2018
	Ties: 1904, 1907
Mar 1976–Feb 1980 48-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1918
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2008
	Ties: 1928, 1929
Mar 1975–Feb 1980 60-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1920
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2008
	Ties: 1902, 1928, 1974, 1998

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/