White River, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CEDAR BUTTE, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
White River has an annual average temperature of 48.9°F with about 20.4 inches of precipitation per year and 40 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.46 in) and December the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
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All-time records →16 of 366 (4.4%) of White River'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.
| 1910s | 0 | |
| 1920s | 4 | |
| 1950s | 14 | |
| 1960s | 64 | |
| 1970s | 50 | |
| 1980s | 67 | |
| 1990s | 70 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 40 |
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 | 12.2°F | 23.7°F | 0.46 in | 6.6 in | 4 |
| February | 38.6°F | 14.6°F | 26.6°F | 0.60 in | 8.0 in | 5 |
| March | 49.6°F | 23.8°F | 36.7°F | 0.88 in | 6.0 in | 4 |
| April | 59.2°F | 33.5°F | 46.4°F | 2.37 in | 5.6 in | 9 |
| May | 69.9°F | 45.1°F | 57.5°F | 3.44 in | 0.4 in | 10 |
| June | 80.6°F | 54.8°F | 67.7°F | 3.46 in | — | 11 |
| July | 89.6°F | 61.5°F | 75.6°F | 2.62 in | — | 9 |
| August | 88.2°F | 59.7°F | 73.9°F | 2.17 in | — | 7 |
| September | 79.5°F | 50.3°F | 64.9°F | 1.63 in | — | 6 |
| October | 63.5°F | 36.7°F | 50.1°F | 1.79 in | 1.6 in | 6 |
| November | 48.8°F | 24.6°F | 36.7°F | 0.55 in | 5.1 in | 4 |
| December | 37.5°F | 15.6°F | 26.5°F | 0.44 in | 6.7 in | 4 |
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