What is the hottest month in Davis?

July is the warmest month in Davis, with an average high of 84.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Davis?

January is the coldest month in Davis, with an average low of 6.8°F.

What month does Davis get the most rain?

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

What plant hardiness zone is Davis in?

Davis is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Davis changed recently?

9.6% of Davis'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.

Davis, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CENTERVILLE 6 SE, SD US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Davis has an annual average temperature of 46.4°F with about 26.9 inches of precipitation per year and 30.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.29 in) and January the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing

56.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,236

HDD/yr

Cooling need

534

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Davis

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

35 of 366 (9.6%) of Davis'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		0
1900s		8
1910s		13
1920s		36
1930s		92
1940s		31
1950s		31
1960s		21
1970s		12
1980s		34
1990s		19
2000s		21
2010s		19
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	26.9°F	6.8°F	16.9°F	0.44 in	5.2 in	5
February	31.9°F	11.0°F	21.4°F	0.63 in	6.0 in	5
March	44.9°F	22.9°F	33.9°F	1.38 in	4.5 in	6
April	58.5°F	34.0°F	46.3°F	2.69 in	2.9 in	10
May	70.2°F	46.8°F	58.5°F	3.87 in	0.1 in	13
June	80.4°F	58.1°F	69.3°F	4.29 in	—	11
July	84.4°F	61.7°F	73.0°F	3.05 in	—	8
August	81.9°F	59.1°F	70.5°F	3.20 in	—	10
September	75.4°F	49.6°F	62.5°F	3.12 in	—	8
October	61.5°F	36.1°F	48.8°F	2.32 in	0.7 in	8
November	45.1°F	22.7°F	33.9°F	1.23 in	5.0 in	5
December	31.3°F	12.0°F	21.6°F	0.66 in	6.1 in	5