Columbia, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBIA 8 N, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Columbia has an annual average temperature of 42.8°F with about 22.5 inches of precipitation per year and 37.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 0.4°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.62 in) and February the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Columbia
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →53 of 366 (14.5%) of Columbia'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 | 2 | |
| 1950s | 65 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 53 | |
| 1980s | 59 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 36 | |
| 2010s | 45 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
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 | 21.5°F | 0.4°F | 10.9°F | 0.47 in | 7.7 in | 6 |
| February | 26.4°F | 4.5°F | 15.4°F | 0.44 in | 6.8 in | 5 |
| March | 39.3°F | 17.7°F | 28.5°F | 0.87 in | 6.1 in | 6 |
| April | 55.2°F | 31.1°F | 43.1°F | 1.77 in | 3.6 in | 7 |
| May | 68.2°F | 44.8°F | 56.5°F | 3.41 in | — | 10 |
| June | 77.8°F | 55.7°F | 66.7°F | 3.59 in | — | 11 |
| July | 83.1°F | 59.9°F | 71.5°F | 3.62 in | — | 10 |
| August | 81.4°F | 56.9°F | 69.2°F | 2.62 in | — | 8 |
| September | 72.9°F | 46.9°F | 59.9°F | 2.38 in | — | 7 |
| October | 57.5°F | 33.0°F | 45.3°F | 2.11 in | 0.7 in | 7 |
| November | 40.7°F | 19.3°F | 30.0°F | 0.68 in | 5.7 in | 5 |
| December | 26.9°F | 7.3°F | 17.1°F | 0.50 in | 7.2 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Columbia
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).