Hot Springs, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HOT SPRINGS, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Hot Springs has an annual average temperature of 48.6°F with about 18.6 inches of precipitation per year and 32 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.28 in) and January the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Hot Springs
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →36 of 366 (9.8%) of Hot Springs'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 | 3 | |
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1920s | 17 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 28 | |
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 21 | |
| 1980s | 23 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 27 | |
| 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 | 40.4°F | 14.1°F | 27.3°F | 0.41 in | 5.2 in | 4 |
| February | 43.3°F | 15.4°F | 29.3°F | 0.57 in | 6.3 in | 5 |
| March | 54.1°F | 23.6°F | 38.8°F | 1.05 in | 5.6 in | 6 |
| April | 61.6°F | 31.2°F | 46.4°F | 2.12 in | 4.7 in | 8 |
| May | 70.2°F | 41.4°F | 55.8°F | 3.28 in | 0.4 in | 11 |
| June | 80.6°F | 50.8°F | 65.7°F | 3.05 in | — | 10 |
| July | 88.5°F | 57.4°F | 72.9°F | 2.41 in | — | 8 |
| August | 87.4°F | 55.2°F | 71.3°F | 2.00 in | — | 7 |
| September | 79.7°F | 45.4°F | 62.5°F | 1.40 in | 0.1 in | 5 |
| October | 64.7°F | 33.3°F | 49.0°F | 1.40 in | 1.7 in | 6 |
| November | 50.5°F | 22.7°F | 36.6°F | 0.43 in | 2.5 in | 4 |
| December | 40.5°F | 14.8°F | 27.6°F | 0.49 in | 5.5 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Hot Springs
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