Box Elder, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RAPID CITY RGNL AP, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Box Elder has an annual average temperature of 46.7°F with about 17.4 inches of precipitation per year and 48.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.45 in) and January the driest (0.31 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
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All-time records →68 of 366 (18.6%) of Box Elder'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.
| 1940s | 10 | |
| 1950s | 42 | |
| 1960s | 41 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 48 | |
| 1990s | 48 | |
| 2000s | 63 | |
| 2010s | 42 | |
| 2020s | 47 |
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 | 36.0°F | 12.7°F | 24.3°F | 0.31 in | 5.3 in | 6 |
| February | 38.1°F | 14.0°F | 26.1°F | 0.50 in | 7.7 in | 7 |
| March | 48.2°F | 22.6°F | 35.4°F | 0.91 in | 8.4 in | 7 |
| April | 56.6°F | 31.2°F | 43.9°F | 2.08 in | 10.1 in | 11 |
| May | 66.5°F | 41.7°F | 54.1°F | 3.45 in | 1.5 in | 13 |
| June | 77.6°F | 51.6°F | 64.6°F | 2.87 in | — | 13 |
| July | 86.4°F | 58.5°F | 72.4°F | 2.28 in | — | 10 |
| August | 85.4°F | 56.2°F | 70.8°F | 1.59 in | — | 8 |
| September | 76.1°F | 46.4°F | 61.3°F | 1.22 in | 0.1 in | 7 |
| October | 60.4°F | 33.7°F | 47.1°F | 1.41 in | 3.0 in | 7 |
| November | 47.3°F | 21.9°F | 34.6°F | 0.47 in | 5.7 in | 5 |
| December | 37.2°F | 13.9°F | 25.6°F | 0.35 in | 6.7 in | 5 |
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