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United States › South Dakota › Faulk County › Climate Station FAULKTON 1 NW, SD US Distance 2.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Faulk County home comfortable runs roughly $531 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Faulk County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.5°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 4.4°F.

Faulk County gets 22" of precipitation a year and 43.7" of snow, and 44% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 24.0° 4.4° 0.67" 7.6"
February 28.7° 8.0° 0.80" 9.3"
March 41.1° 19.2° 1.02" 6.8"
April 56.1° 31.1° 2.02" 7.1"
May 68.3° 43.6° 3.24" 0.0"
June 78.3° 54.1° 3.59" 0.0"
July 84.5° 58.6° 2.74" 0.0"
August 83.1° 56.6° 2.67" 0.0"
September 74.4° 47.3° 2.04" 0.0"
October 58.7° 33.9° 1.86" 0.9"
November 42.3° 20.6° 0.78" 3.4"
December 28.8° 10.0° 0.57" 8.6"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 44% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.67"
February 0.80"
March 1.02"
April 2.02"
May 3.24"
June 3.59"
July 2.74"
August 2.67"
September 2.04"
October 1.86"
November 0.78"
December 0.57"
Annual total 22"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 586
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,205
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.36¢/kWh, South Dakota average $90
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $441

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Faulk County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Faulk County?

Faulk County averages a high of 84.5°F in July and a low of 4.4°F in January. Annual precipitation is 22 inches, including 43.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Faulk County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 44% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Faulk County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.5°F. That drives 586 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Faulk County?

Yes. Faulk County averages 43.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station FAULKTON 1 NW, SD US (USC00392927), 2.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, South Dakota residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.