Average Temperatures in South Dakota

Average Annual Temperatures in South Dakota

Average annual temperatures for cities, towns and parks throughout South Dakota are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western South Dakota.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern South Dakota

Average annual temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
56	32	Aberdeen	14	0
54	33	Brookings	12	1
57	35	Huron	14	1
58	38	Mitchell	15	3
58	37	Sioux Falls	14	3
61	37	Vermillion	16	3
53	33	Watertown	12	0
54	35	Waubay Wildlife Refuge	12	1
60	37	Yankton	16	3

Central South Dakota

Average temperatures for the year
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
59	37	Academy	15	3
56	34	Mobridge	13	1
60	38	Pickstown	16	3
59	35	Pierre	15	2

Western South Dakota

Average yearly temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
56	34	Custer	13	1
58	33	Deadwood	15	0
63	34	Hot Springs	17	1
64	37	Interior	18	3
58	35	Lead	14	2
58	33	Lemmon	14	1
55	37	Mt. Rushmore National Memorial	13	3
55	29	Pactola Reservoir Dam	13	-2
62	32	Porcupine	16	0
60	34	Rapid City	15	1
58	35	Spearfish	14	2
61	34	Wind Cave National Park	16	1

Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Average Annual Temperatures in South Dakota

Eastern South Dakota

Central South Dakota

Western South Dakota

Reference

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