Average Temperatures for South Dakota in March

Average temperatures for March at 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 temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern South Dakota

Average March temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
42 19 Aberdeen 5 -7
39 20 Brookings 4 -7
44 22 Huron 7 -6
45 25 Mitchell 7 -4
45 24 Sioux Falls 7 -4
48 25 Vermillion 9 -4
39 20 Watertown 4 -7
39 19 Waubay Wildlife Refuge 4 -7
47 25 Yankton 8 -4

Central South Dakota

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
46 24 Academy 8 -5
42 20 Mobridge 6 -7
48 24 Pickstown 9 -4
46 23 Pierre 8 -5

Western South Dakota

March temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
46 24 Custer 8 -4
48 22 Deadwood 9 -6
54 24 Hot Springs 12 -5
53 26 Interior 11 -3
47 25 Lead 8 -4
45 21 Lemmon 7 -6
44 25 Mt. Rushmore National Memorial 7 -4
44 19 Pactola Reservoir Dam 7 -7
51 21 Porcupine 10 -6
48 23 Rapid City 9 -5
46 24 Spearfish 8 -4
50 24 Wind Cave National Park 10 -5
Reference

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

South Dakota Temperatures
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