What is the hottest month in Farmer?

July is the warmest month in Farmer, with an average high of 84.2°F.

What is the coldest month in Farmer?

January is the coldest month in Farmer, with an average low of 5.8°F.

What month does Farmer get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Farmer, with about 3.97 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Farmer in?

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

Has the climate in Farmer changed recently?

8.5% of Farmer'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.

Farmer, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALEXANDRIA, SD US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Farmer has an annual average temperature of 45°F with about 25.3 inches of precipitation per year and 36.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 5.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.97 in) and January the driest (0.47 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

56.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,620

HDD/yr

Cooling need

423

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Farmer

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

31 of 366 (8.5%) of Farmer'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		28
1900s		26
1910s		32
1920s		38
1930s		83
1940s		20
1950s		25
1960s		17
1970s		4
1980s		22
1990s		15
2000s		13
2010s		19
2020s		24

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	25.3°F	5.8°F	15.5°F	0.47 in	6.1 in	5
February	31.0°F	9.6°F	20.3°F	0.74 in	8.0 in	5
March	43.8°F	20.7°F	32.2°F	1.13 in	5.2 in	6
April	57.6°F	31.9°F	44.8°F	2.88 in	4.7 in	8
May	69.4°F	44.4°F	56.9°F	3.64 in	—	11
June	79.3°F	55.6°F	67.4°F	3.97 in	—	10
July	84.2°F	60.0°F	72.1°F	3.13 in	—	8
August	81.8°F	57.4°F	69.6°F	3.02 in	—	7
September	75.1°F	48.6°F	61.9°F	2.81 in	—	7
October	60.0°F	34.7°F	47.4°F	2.01 in	0.9 in	7
November	43.2°F	21.4°F	32.3°F	0.92 in	3.2 in	4
December	29.2°F	10.3°F	19.7°F	0.60 in	8.2 in	5