Dell Rapids, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SIOUX FALLS 14 NNE, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dell Rapids has an annual average temperature of 45.1°F with about 29.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 82.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.99 in) and January the driest (0.71 in).
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All-time records →210 of 366 (57.4%) of Dell Rapids'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.
| 2000s | 79 | |
| 2010s | 132 | |
| 2020s | 155 |
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 | 24.2°F | 6.4°F | 15.3°F | 0.71 in | — | 8 |
| February | 29.0°F | 10.7°F | 19.8°F | 0.89 in | — | 8 |
| March | 41.9°F | 22.8°F | 32.4°F | 1.80 in | — | 10 |
| April | 56.6°F | 34.1°F | 45.3°F | 3.26 in | — | 11 |
| May | 69.3°F | 46.7°F | 58.0°F | 3.79 in | — | 13 |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.5°F | 68.1°F | 4.99 in | — | 11 |
| July | 82.7°F | 60.6°F | 71.6°F | 3.44 in | — | 8 |
| August | 79.6°F | 58.7°F | 69.1°F | 3.23 in | — | 9 |
| September | 73.2°F | 49.2°F | 61.2°F | 3.08 in | — | 9 |
| October | 59.0°F | 36.6°F | 47.8°F | 2.30 in | — | 9 |
| November | 42.4°F | 23.0°F | 32.7°F | 1.27 in | — | 6 |
| December | 29.0°F | 11.8°F | 20.4°F | 0.86 in | — | 8 |
Climate twins of Dell Rapids
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