Alpena, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Alpena has an annual average temperature of 45.4°F with about 25.7 inches of precipitation per year and 44.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.85 in) and January the driest (0.64 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Alpena
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →42 of 366 (11.5%) of Alpena's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 34 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 1 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 32 | |
| 1980s | 51 | |
| 1990s | 58 | |
| 2000s | 46 | |
| 2010s | 32 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°F | 7.0°F | 16.2°F | 0.64 in | 7.5 in | 5 |
| February | 30.2°F | 10.6°F | 20.4°F | 0.73 in | 7.3 in | 5 |
| March | 42.3°F | 21.6°F | 31.9°F | 1.29 in | 6.4 in | 6 |
| April | 55.6°F | 33.3°F | 44.4°F | 3.02 in | 8.2 in | 8 |
| May | 67.8°F | 45.9°F | 56.8°F | 3.67 in | — | 11 |
| June | 78.1°F | 56.3°F | 67.2°F | 3.85 in | — | 11 |
| July | 84.4°F | 61.6°F | 73.0°F | 3.09 in | — | 8 |
| August | 82.3°F | 59.4°F | 70.8°F | 2.90 in | — | 8 |
| September | 74.2°F | 50.6°F | 62.4°F | 2.73 in | — | 7 |
| October | 58.7°F | 36.6°F | 47.7°F | 2.09 in | 1.7 in | 7 |
| November | 43.1°F | 23.4°F | 33.2°F | 0.93 in | 5.3 in | 4 |
| December | 29.7°F | 12.1°F | 20.9°F | 0.72 in | 8.1 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Alpena
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).