Buffalo Gap, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ORAL, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Buffalo Gap has an annual average temperature of 47.2°F with about 18.2 inches of precipitation per year and 36.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.30 in) and January the driest (0.38 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Buffalo Gap
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →75 of 366 (20.5%) of Buffalo Gap'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.
| 1970s | 52 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 70 | |
| 2010s | 55 | |
| 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 | 38.2°F | 11.3°F | 24.8°F | 0.38 in | 5.6 in | 3 |
| February | 41.2°F | 12.9°F | 27.1°F | 0.56 in | 7.1 in | 5 |
| March | 51.7°F | 21.1°F | 36.4°F | 0.86 in | 5.6 in | 5 |
| April | 60.2°F | 29.5°F | 44.9°F | 2.03 in | 5.2 in | 8 |
| May | 69.4°F | 40.6°F | 55.0°F | 3.30 in | 1.2 in | 11 |
| June | 80.4°F | 50.2°F | 65.3°F | 3.05 in | — | 11 |
| July | 89.0°F | 56.1°F | 72.6°F | 2.35 in | — | 8 |
| August | 87.9°F | 53.2°F | 70.5°F | 2.01 in | — | 7 |
| September | 79.1°F | 42.8°F | 61.0°F | 1.45 in | — | 6 |
| October | 63.9°F | 31.0°F | 47.4°F | 1.28 in | 1.8 in | 6 |
| November | 49.9°F | 20.5°F | 35.2°F | 0.53 in | 3.7 in | 3 |
| December | 39.7°F | 12.6°F | 26.1°F | 0.40 in | 6.6 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Buffalo Gap
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).