Interior, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from INTERIOR 3 NE, SD US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Interior has an annual average temperature of 50.4°F with about 19.6 inches of precipitation per year and 38 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.62 in) and January the driest (0.46 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
51.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,072
Cooling need
825

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

69 of 366 (18.9%) of Interior'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.

1950s
30
1960s
60
1970s
38
1980s
49
1990s
51
2000s
50
2010s
42
2020s
46

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 37.1°F 14.2°F 25.7°F 0.46 in 5.5 in 4
February 40.8°F 16.2°F 28.5°F 0.55 in 6.4 in 5
March 52.5°F 25.8°F 39.1°F 1.16 in 5.9 in 6
April 62.2°F 34.7°F 48.4°F 2.26 in 6.4 in 9
May 72.1°F 45.7°F 58.9°F 3.62 in 0.5 in 10
June 82.7°F 55.7°F 69.2°F 3.46 in 10
July 91.2°F 62.3°F 76.8°F 2.23 in 8
August 90.5°F 60.2°F 75.3°F 1.81 in 7
September 81.8°F 50.5°F 66.2°F 1.39 in 6
October 65.4°F 37.8°F 51.6°F 1.59 in 1.9 in 7
November 50.0°F 25.2°F 37.6°F 0.53 in 3.7 in 4
December 39.0°F 16.6°F 27.8°F 0.54 in 7.7 in 5

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