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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 2009

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2009 1-Month	16.7°F (-8.5°C)	15.0°F (-9.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2008	1937
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2006
Dec 2008–Jan 2009 2-Month	15.4°F (-9.2°C)	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1979
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1992, 2021
	Ties: 1970, 2011
Nov 2008–Jan 2009 3-Month	21.7°F (-5.7°C)	22.2°F (-5.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2021
	Ties: 1938, 1974
Oct 2008–Jan 2009 4-Month	28.0°F (-2.2°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2000
Sep 2008–Jan 2009 5-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1897
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2006
	Ties: 1946
Aug 2008–Jan 2009 6-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2006
	Ties: 1909, 1911, 1915
Jul 2008–Jan 2009 7-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2006
	Ties: 1911, 1922, 2001
Jun 2008–Jan 2009 8-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 1950, 1963
May 2008–Jan 2009 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 1905, 1977
Apr 2008–Jan 2009 10-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2006
	Ties: 1905, 1962, 1971, 1985, 2014
Mar 2008–Jan 2009 11-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2013
	Ties: 1896, 1972, 1986
Feb 2008–Jan 2009 12-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2013
	Ties: 1924, 1929, 1936, 1956, 1961
Aug 2007–Jan 2009 18-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1918
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2013
	Ties: 1926, 1927, 2019
Feb 2007–Jan 2009 24-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1952
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2007
	Ties: 1927, 1943, 1991
Feb 2006–Jan 2009 36-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1918
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2007, 2008, 2018
	Ties: 1955
Feb 2005–Jan 2009 48-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	2.0°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1918
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2008
	Ties: 1992
Feb 2004–Jan 2009 60-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	2.0°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1920
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2008
	Ties: 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/