What is the hottest month in Bruce?

July is the warmest month in Bruce, with an average high of 81.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Bruce?

January is the coldest month in Bruce, with an average low of 3.5°F.

What month does Bruce get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Bruce, with about 4.29 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Bruce in?

Bruce is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 5b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Bruce changed recently?

9% of Bruce's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Bruce, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BROOKINGS 2 NE, SD US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 5b USDA hardiness Zone 5b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Bruce has an annual average temperature of 43.3°F with about 25.2 inches of precipitation per year and 35.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 3.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.29 in) and January the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

57.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

8,121

HDD/yr

Cooling need

321

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Bruce

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

33 of 366 (9%) of Bruce'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		17
1900s		25
1910s		22
1920s		23
1930s		96
1940s		29
1950s		30
1960s		12
1970s		9
1980s		23
1990s		17
2000s		21
2010s		14
2020s		28

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	22.2°F	3.5°F	12.8°F	0.43 in	5.5 in	6
February	26.9°F	7.4°F	17.1°F	0.50 in	7.1 in	6
March	39.1°F	19.9°F	29.5°F	1.06 in	6.4 in	7
April	54.1°F	32.1°F	43.1°F	2.17 in	4.1 in	10
May	66.8°F	45.2°F	56.0°F	3.45 in	0.1 in	13
June	76.8°F	56.3°F	66.6°F	4.29 in	—	12
July	81.4°F	60.1°F	70.7°F	3.61 in	—	10
August	79.3°F	57.4°F	68.4°F	3.22 in	—	9
September	72.0°F	48.2°F	60.1°F	3.10 in	—	8
October	57.6°F	34.2°F	45.9°F	1.97 in	1.1 in	8
November	41.0°F	21.5°F	31.2°F	0.80 in	4.7 in	5
December	27.5°F	9.7°F	18.6°F	0.61 in	6.8 in	6