Wood, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WOOD, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Wood has an annual average temperature of 47.4°F with about 20.5 inches of precipitation per year and 50.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.50 in) and January the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Wood
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →23 of 366 (6.3%) of Wood'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 | 13 | |
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 98 | |
| 1940s | 45 | |
| 1950s | 33 | |
| 1960s | 31 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 23 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
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 | 33.9°F | 11.1°F | 22.5°F | 0.43 in | 7.1 in | 5 |
| February | 37.5°F | 13.2°F | 25.4°F | 0.64 in | 8.4 in | 6 |
| March | 48.0°F | 22.3°F | 35.1°F | 1.21 in | 9.2 in | 7 |
| April | 58.0°F | 31.8°F | 44.9°F | 2.42 in | 8.6 in | 10 |
| May | 68.8°F | 43.6°F | 56.2°F | 3.36 in | — | 11 |
| June | 79.4°F | 54.1°F | 66.7°F | 3.50 in | — | 11 |
| July | 87.5°F | 60.1°F | 73.8°F | 2.42 in | — | 9 |
| August | 86.2°F | 57.9°F | 72.1°F | 1.94 in | — | 8 |
| September | 77.7°F | 48.4°F | 63.0°F | 1.82 in | — | 6 |
| October | 62.3°F | 34.9°F | 48.6°F | 1.55 in | 2.1 in | 7 |
| November | 48.0°F | 23.1°F | 35.5°F | 0.69 in | 6.5 in | 5 |
| December | 36.6°F | 14.3°F | 25.4°F | 0.51 in | 8.4 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Wood
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