Reliance, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from KENNEBEC, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Reliance has an annual average temperature of 48.1°F with about 20.8 inches of precipitation per year and 39.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.48 in) and January the driest (0.45 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →24 of 366 (6.6%) of Reliance'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 | 10 | |
| 1900s | 19 | |
| 1910s | 17 | |
| 1920s | 24 | |
| 1930s | 97 | |
| 1940s | 22 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 17 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 22 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 22 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
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 | 31.6°F | 9.2°F | 20.4°F | 0.45 in | 5.5 in | 4 |
| February | 36.4°F | 12.7°F | 24.6°F | 0.59 in | 7.6 in | 5 |
| March | 49.0°F | 22.7°F | 35.9°F | 0.96 in | 5.5 in | 5 |
| April | 61.6°F | 32.9°F | 47.3°F | 2.34 in | 6.2 in | 9 |
| May | 72.4°F | 44.9°F | 58.6°F | 3.29 in | — | 10 |
| June | 82.4°F | 55.6°F | 69.0°F | 3.48 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.7°F | 61.4°F | 75.6°F | 2.84 in | — | 8 |
| August | 87.8°F | 59.2°F | 73.5°F | 2.31 in | — | 7 |
| September | 80.3°F | 49.5°F | 64.9°F | 1.72 in | — | 6 |
| October | 63.8°F | 35.6°F | 49.7°F | 1.63 in | 1.6 in | 7 |
| November | 47.1°F | 22.3°F | 34.7°F | 0.71 in | 6.0 in | 5 |
| December | 34.3°F | 12.5°F | 23.4°F | 0.47 in | 7.2 in | 5 |
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