Utica, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from YANKTON 2 E, SD US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Utica has an annual average temperature of 48.7°F with about 28.7 inches of precipitation per year and 38.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.03 in) and January the driest (0.65 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
55.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,612
Cooling need
726

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

37 of 366 (10.1%) of Utica'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.

1930s
83
1940s
34
1950s
41
1960s
21
1970s
15
1980s
51
1990s
32
2000s
31
2010s
35
2020s
23

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 30.0°F 10.4°F 20.2°F 0.65 in 6.7 in 5
February 34.9°F 14.2°F 24.6°F 0.91 in 8.5 in 5
March 47.1°F 24.6°F 35.9°F 1.60 in 4.7 in 6
April 60.0°F 35.4°F 47.7°F 3.36 in 3.7 in 9
May 71.9°F 47.7°F 59.8°F 3.68 in 0.2 in 12
June 82.4°F 58.9°F 70.7°F 4.03 in 11
July 87.1°F 63.8°F 75.4°F 3.46 in 8
August 84.8°F 61.5°F 73.1°F 3.26 in 9
September 77.5°F 52.1°F 64.8°F 2.85 in 7
October 63.3°F 38.5°F 50.9°F 2.56 in 0.8 in 7
November 47.2°F 25.3°F 36.2°F 1.27 in 5.9 in 5
December 34.0°F 14.9°F 24.5°F 1.03 in 7.6 in 5

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