Gettysburg, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GETTYSBURG, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Gettysburg has an annual average temperature of 44.3°F with about 20.2 inches of precipitation per year and 38.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 5.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.45 in) and January the driest (0.29 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Gettysburg
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →18 of 366 (4.9%) of Gettysburg'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.
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 88 | |
| 1940s | 48 | |
| 1950s | 50 | |
| 1960s | 26 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 26 | |
| 2020s | 7 |
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 | 24.8°F | 5.3°F | 15.1°F | 0.29 in | 6.8 in | 4 |
| February | 29.1°F | 9.3°F | 19.2°F | 0.57 in | 10.6 in | 5 |
| March | 41.5°F | 20.3°F | 30.9°F | 0.66 in | 5.5 in | 5 |
| April | 55.8°F | 32.0°F | 43.9°F | 1.86 in | 4.5 in | 8 |
| May | 67.5°F | 43.8°F | 55.7°F | 3.03 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| June | 77.7°F | 54.6°F | 66.2°F | 3.45 in | — | 10 |
| July | 84.3°F | 59.8°F | 72.0°F | 3.01 in | — | 8 |
| August | 83.0°F | 57.8°F | 70.4°F | 2.49 in | — | 7 |
| September | 73.8°F | 48.2°F | 61.0°F | 2.01 in | — | 7 |
| October | 58.0°F | 34.7°F | 46.3°F | 1.89 in | 1.3 in | 7 |
| November | 41.8°F | 21.3°F | 31.6°F | 0.51 in | 3.0 in | 4 |
| December | 28.9°F | 10.1°F | 19.5°F | 0.40 in | 6.7 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Gettysburg
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).