Bridgewater, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BRIDGEWATER, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bridgewater has an annual average temperature of 46.4°F with about 27.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.7°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.23 in) and January the driest (0.59 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →50 of 366 (13.7%) of Bridgewater'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 | 14 | |
| 1950s | 61 | |
| 1960s | 54 | |
| 1970s | 40 | |
| 1980s | 48 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 46 | |
| 2010s | 37 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
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 | 26.2°F | 7.7°F | 16.9°F | 0.59 in | — | — |
| February | 31.5°F | 11.7°F | 21.6°F | 0.70 in | — | — |
| March | 43.5°F | 22.6°F | 33.0°F | 1.25 in | — | — |
| April | 57.2°F | 34.6°F | 45.9°F | 2.99 in | — | — |
| May | 69.1°F | 47.3°F | 58.2°F | 3.97 in | — | — |
| June | 80.1°F | 58.7°F | 69.4°F | 4.23 in | — | — |
| July | 84.8°F | 62.9°F | 73.8°F | 3.41 in | — | — |
| August | 82.3°F | 60.2°F | 71.3°F | 3.73 in | — | — |
| September | 74.9°F | 50.7°F | 62.8°F | 3.03 in | — | — |
| October | 60.6°F | 37.1°F | 48.8°F | 2.27 in | — | — |
| November | 44.2°F | 23.7°F | 33.9°F | 0.94 in | — | — |
| December | 30.4°F | 12.7°F | 21.6°F | 0.79 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Bridgewater
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