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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, May 2015

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2015 1-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1907
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	1934
	Ties: 1909, 1913
Apr–May 2015 2-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1907
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	1934
	Ties: 1913, 1914, 1937
Mar–May 2015 3-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Feb–May 2015 4-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1911
Jan–May 2015 5-Month	36.5°F (2.5°C)	33.2°F (0.7°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Dec 2014–May 2015 6-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Nov 2014–May 2015 7-Month	33.2°F (0.7°C)	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Oct 2014–May 2015 8-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	33.3°F (0.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1990, 2007
Sep 2014–May 2015 9-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1990
Aug 2014–May 2015 10-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
Jul 2014–May 2015 11-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	42.6°F (5.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1938
Jun 2014–May 2015 12-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1914, 2008
Dec 2013–May 2015 18-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1979
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2000, 2006
	Ties: 1944, 1962, 1985
Jun 2013–May 2015 24-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2000, 2017
	Ties: 1927, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1983, 1998
Jun 2012–May 2015 36-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1918
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2000
	Ties: 1923, 1944, 1946, 1965, 2019
Jun 2011–May 2015 48-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2009	2007
	Ties: 1941
Jun 2010–May 2015 60-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1920
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2010	2006, 2007
	Ties: 1984, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/