Average October Temperatures for South Dakota

Average Temperatures for South Dakota in October

Average temperatures for October 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 October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
59	33	Aberdeen	15	1
58	34	Brookings	14	1
60	36	Huron	16	2
61	39	Mitchell	16	4
61	38	Sioux Falls	16	3
65	39	Vermillion	18	4
56	35	Watertown	13	2
57	38	Waubay Wildlife Refuge	14	4
63	39	Yankton	17	4

Central South Dakota

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
62	37	Academy	16	3
58	37	Mobridge	14	3
63	39	Pickstown	17	4
61	36	Pierre	16	2

Western South Dakota

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
56	34	Custer	13	1
58	31	Deadwood	15	0
65	33	Hot Springs	18	1
65	38	Interior	19	3
57	35	Lead	14	2
60	35	Lemmon	15	1
55	37	Mt. Rushmore National Memorial	13	3
55	29	Pactola Reservoir Dam	13	-1
63	30	Porcupine	17	-1
60	34	Rapid City	16	1
58	35	Spearfish	15	2
61	34	Wind Cave National Park	16	1

Reference

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

Average Temperatures for South Dakota in October

Eastern South Dakota

Central South Dakota

Western South Dakota

Reference

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