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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

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South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, January 2020

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2020 1-Month	20.1°F (-6.6°C)	15.0°F (-9.4°C)	5.1°F (2.8°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1937
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2006
	Ties: 2007
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month	21.7°F (-5.7°C)	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	4.3°F (2.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1979
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1992, 2021
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month	24.8°F (-4.0°C)	22.2°F (-5.4°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1979
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2021
	Ties: 2018
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1912
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2000
	Ties: 1933
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	35.0°F (1.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1897
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2006
	Ties: 1948, 1967, 1976
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1912
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2006
	Ties: 1905, 1924, 1933, 1947, 1957
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1912
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2006
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1952
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2022
	Ties: 1906, 1911
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1952
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2022
	Ties: 1962, 1982
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1952
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2006
	Ties: 1909
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1952
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2013
	Ties: 1905, 1946, 1965, 1973, 1985, 2014
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2013
	Ties: 1900, 1925
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2013
	Ties: 1910, 1973
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2007
	Ties: 1929
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1918
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2007, 2008, 2018
	Ties: 1931, 1945, 1946, 1958
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2012	1918
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2008
	Ties: 1956, 1988
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1920
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2008
	Ties: 1943, 2021

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/