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United States › South Dakota › Jerauld County › Climate Station WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD US Distance 2.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Jerauld County home comfortable runs roughly $524 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Jerauld County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 7.0°F.

Jerauld County gets 25.66" of precipitation a year and 44.5" of snow, and 41% 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 25.4° 7.0° 0.64" 7.5"
February 30.2° 10.6° 0.73" 7.3"
March 42.3° 21.6° 1.29" 6.4"
April 55.6° 33.3° 3.02" 8.2"
May 67.8° 45.9° 3.67" 0.0"
June 78.1° 56.3° 3.85" 0.0"
July 84.4° 61.6° 3.09" 0.0"
August 82.3° 59.4° 2.90" 0.0"
September 74.2° 50.6° 2.73" 0.0"
October 58.7° 36.6° 2.09" 1.7"
November 43.1° 23.4° 0.93" 5.3"
December 29.7° 12.1° 0.72" 8.1"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 41% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.64"
February 0.73"
March 1.29"
April 3.02"
May 3.67"
June 3.85"
July 3.09"
August 2.90"
September 2.73"
October 2.09"
November 0.93"
December 0.72"
Annual total 25.66"

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 688
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,783
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.36¢/kWh, South Dakota average $106
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $418

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 Jerauld County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Jerauld County?

Jerauld County averages a high of 84.4°F in July and a low of 7.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 25.66 inches, including 44.5 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Jerauld County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 41% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Jerauld County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.4°F. That drives 688 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Jerauld County?

Yes. Jerauld County averages 44.5 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD US (USC00399070), 2.7 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.