Wasta, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WASTA, SD US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Wasta has an annual average temperature of 47.8°F with about 17.7 inches of precipitation per year and 30.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.55 in) and January the driest (0.28 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
52.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,801
Cooling need
600

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

76 of 366 (20.8%) of Wasta'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.

1920s
0
1940s
5
1950s
57
1960s
57
1970s
24
1980s
45
1990s
48
2000s
32
2010s
53
2020s
45

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 35.1°F 9.4°F 22.2°F 0.28 in 3.8 in 3
February 39.0°F 12.6°F 25.8°F 0.53 in 6.4 in 3
March 50.2°F 22.2°F 36.2°F 0.87 in 5.5 in 4
April 60.1°F 32.6°F 46.3°F 1.90 in 3.7 in 7
May 69.7°F 43.5°F 56.6°F 3.55 in 0.1 in 9
June 80.4°F 53.9°F 67.2°F 2.73 in 9
July 89.0°F 60.1°F 74.6°F 2.32 in 7
August 88.3°F 58.0°F 73.2°F 1.56 in 6
September 79.1°F 47.3°F 63.2°F 1.19 in 4
October 63.1°F 33.6°F 48.4°F 1.76 in 1.1 in 5
November 49.0°F 21.0°F 35.0°F 0.64 in 4.2 in 3
December 37.4°F 11.7°F 24.6°F 0.32 in 5.6 in 3

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