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United States › South Dakota › Jones County › Climate Station MURDO, SD US Distance 4.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Jones County home comfortable runs roughly $517 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Jones County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

86.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 11.6°F.

Jones County gets 21.65" of precipitation a year and 49.1" of snow, and 46% 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 30.7° 11.6° 0.57" 7.5"
February 34.4° 14.3° 0.71" 8.5"
March 45.4° 24.0° 1.17" 8.1"
April 56.6° 34.2° 2.37" 6.8"
May 67.5° 45.8° 3.44" 0.0"
June 78.5° 56.5° 3.63" 0.0"
July 86.7° 62.6° 2.84" 0.0"
August 85.4° 60.8° 2.37" 0.0"
September 76.5° 51.2° 1.48" 0.0"
October 60.3° 37.3° 1.80" 1.8"
November 45.3° 24.7° 0.68" 5.6"
December 33.4° 14.9° 0.59" 10.8"

Rainfall by month

Jones County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in May, Jun, Jul.

January 0.57"
February 0.71"
March 1.17"
April 2.37"
May 3.44"
June 3.63"
July 2.84"
August 2.37"
September 1.48"
October 1.80"
November 0.68"
December 0.59"
Annual total 21.65"

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 846
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,208
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.36¢/kWh, South Dakota average $130
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $388

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 Jones County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Jones County?

Jones County averages a high of 86.7°F in July and a low of 11.6°F in January. Annual precipitation is 21.65 inches, including 49.1 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Jones County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 46% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Jones County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 86.7°F. That drives 846 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Jones County?

Yes. Jones County averages 49.1 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MURDO, SD US (USC00395891), 4.6 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.