Woonsocket, SD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FORESTBURG 4 NNE, SD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Woonsocket has an annual average temperature of 45.5°F with about 24.6 inches of precipitation per year and 26.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 4.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.71 in) and January the driest (0.54 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →23 of 366 (6.3%) of Woonsocket'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 | 15 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 35 | |
| 1920s | 37 | |
| 1930s | 101 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 24 | |
| 1960s | 14 | |
| 1970s | 7 | |
| 1980s | 22 | |
| 1990s | 17 | |
| 2000s | 15 | |
| 2010s | 15 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
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 | 26.2°F | 4.8°F | 15.5°F | 0.54 in | 6.0 in | 4 |
| February | 31.9°F | 8.6°F | 20.3°F | 0.79 in | 5.6 in | 4 |
| March | 44.8°F | 20.5°F | 32.6°F | 1.05 in | 2.8 in | 4 |
| April | 59.6°F | 31.8°F | 45.7°F | 2.92 in | 3.0 in | 7 |
| May | 70.6°F | 44.4°F | 57.5°F | 3.58 in | — | 9 |
| June | 80.5°F | 55.1°F | 67.8°F | 3.71 in | — | 9 |
| July | 86.0°F | 59.5°F | 72.7°F | 3.10 in | — | 7 |
| August | 83.3°F | 57.1°F | 70.2°F | 3.05 in | — | 7 |
| September | 76.5°F | 48.2°F | 62.4°F | 2.26 in | — | 6 |
| October | 61.3°F | 34.3°F | 47.8°F | 2.08 in | 0.4 in | 6 |
| November | 44.4°F | 20.7°F | 32.6°F | 0.88 in | 3.7 in | 3 |
| December | 31.0°F | 9.9°F | 20.4°F | 0.64 in | 4.8 in | 3 |
Climate twins of Woonsocket
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