Piedmont, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RAPID CITY 4NW, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Piedmont has an annual average temperature of 46.3°F with about 18.8 inches of precipitation per year and 36.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.73 in) and January the driest (0.24 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
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All-time records →58 of 366 (15.8%) of Piedmont'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.
| 1940s | 7 | |
| 1950s | 53 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 45 | |
| 1980s | 75 | |
| 1990s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 30 | |
| 2010s | 31 | |
| 2020s | 43 |
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 | 36.9°F | 13.2°F | 25.1°F | 0.24 in | 3.9 in | 3 |
| February | 37.8°F | 14.5°F | 26.2°F | 0.44 in | 6.1 in | 4 |
| March | 46.7°F | 22.6°F | 34.6°F | 0.88 in | 6.2 in | 4 |
| April | 54.4°F | 31.0°F | 42.7°F | 1.99 in | 7.9 in | 7 |
| May | 64.4°F | 41.6°F | 53.0°F | 3.73 in | 0.9 in | 9 |
| June | 75.4°F | 51.6°F | 63.5°F | 2.95 in | — | 10 |
| July | 83.6°F | 58.2°F | 70.9°F | 2.68 in | — | 9 |
| August | 82.7°F | 56.3°F | 69.5°F | 1.97 in | — | 6 |
| September | 73.9°F | 46.9°F | 60.4°F | 1.48 in | — | 5 |
| October | 59.3°F | 34.9°F | 47.1°F | 1.60 in | 2.1 in | 5 |
| November | 47.3°F | 23.5°F | 35.4°F | 0.51 in | 4.0 in | 3 |
| December | 38.6°F | 15.4°F | 27.0°F | 0.31 in | 5.0 in | 2 |
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