Ipswich, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from IPSWICH, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Ipswich has an annual average temperature of 43.7°F with about 20.2 inches of precipitation per year and 33.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 3.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.48 in) and January the driest (0.35 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Ipswich
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →15 of 366 (4.1%) of Ipswich'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 | 14 | |
| 1900s | 30 | |
| 1910s | 27 | |
| 1920s | 30 | |
| 1930s | 95 | |
| 1940s | 31 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 14 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 23 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 16 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
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 | 23.5°F | 3.0°F | 13.3°F | 0.35 in | 6.0 in | 4 |
| February | 28.3°F | 6.9°F | 17.6°F | 0.54 in | 6.8 in | 4 |
| March | 41.2°F | 18.9°F | 30.0°F | 0.85 in | 5.4 in | 5 |
| April | 56.5°F | 31.0°F | 43.8°F | 1.79 in | 4.0 in | 6 |
| May | 69.0°F | 43.6°F | 56.3°F | 2.99 in | — | 8 |
| June | 78.5°F | 54.7°F | 66.6°F | 3.48 in | — | 9 |
| July | 83.7°F | 59.4°F | 71.6°F | 3.13 in | — | 7 |
| August | 81.8°F | 56.6°F | 69.2°F | 2.40 in | — | 6 |
| September | 73.5°F | 47.0°F | 60.2°F | 1.94 in | — | 5 |
| October | 58.4°F | 33.6°F | 46.0°F | 1.67 in | 1.1 in | 5 |
| November | 41.9°F | 19.7°F | 30.8°F | 0.54 in | 4.7 in | 3 |
| December | 28.3°F | 8.8°F | 18.6°F | 0.48 in | 5.7 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Ipswich
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