Santee, NE
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TYNDALL, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Santee has an annual average temperature of 47.3°F with about 26.2 inches of precipitation per year and 36.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 8.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.96 in) and January the driest (0.57 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Santee
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →26 of 366 (7.1%) of Santee'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 | 20 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1920s | 30 | |
| 1930s | 90 | |
| 1940s | 35 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 18 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 21 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 18 | |
| 2020s | 19 |
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 | 28.9°F | 8.7°F | 18.8°F | 0.57 in | 6.5 in | 5 |
| February | 34.0°F | 12.5°F | 23.3°F | 0.81 in | 7.4 in | 5 |
| March | 45.9°F | 23.1°F | 34.5°F | 1.35 in | 5.3 in | 7 |
| April | 58.2°F | 34.3°F | 46.2°F | 2.86 in | 4.1 in | 9 |
| May | 69.9°F | 47.0°F | 58.5°F | 3.96 in | 0.2 in | 11 |
| June | 80.6°F | 58.3°F | 69.4°F | 3.39 in | — | 10 |
| July | 85.8°F | 62.9°F | 74.4°F | 3.33 in | — | 8 |
| August | 83.4°F | 60.3°F | 71.9°F | 3.27 in | — | 9 |
| September | 76.1°F | 50.6°F | 63.4°F | 2.70 in | — | 7 |
| October | 61.7°F | 36.7°F | 49.2°F | 2.21 in | 0.8 in | 7 |
| November | 45.8°F | 23.7°F | 34.7°F | 1.01 in | 5.0 in | 5 |
| December | 32.7°F | 13.5°F | 23.1°F | 0.78 in | 7.3 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Santee
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