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United States › South Dakota › Moody County › Climate Station FLANDREAU, SD US Distance 4.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Moody County home comfortable runs roughly $522 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Moody County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

81.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 3.5°F.

Moody County gets 28.49" of precipitation a year and 40.4" 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 22.6° 3.5° 0.54" 5.8"
February 27.6° 7.0° 0.76" 8.2"
March 39.7° 19.3° 1.32" 6.2"
April 54.4° 31.4° 2.67" 4.8"
May 67.0° 44.7° 4.12" 0.1"
June 76.8° 56.1° 4.53" 0.0"
July 81.3° 59.9° 3.81" 0.0"
August 79.0° 57.2° 3.60" 0.0"
September 72.3° 47.8° 3.07" 0.0"
October 58.2° 34.2° 2.21" 1.2"
November 41.4° 21.1° 1.01" 5.6"
December 27.5° 9.6° 0.85" 8.5"

Rainfall by month

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

January 0.54"
February 0.76"
March 1.32"
April 2.67"
May 4.12"
June 4.53"
July 3.81"
August 3.60"
September 3.07"
October 2.21"
November 1.01"
December 0.85"
Annual total 28.49"

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 512
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,376
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.15¢/kWh, South Dakota average $78
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $444

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 Moody County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Moody County?

Moody County averages a high of 81.3°F in July and a low of 3.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 28.49 inches, including 40.4 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Moody 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 Moody County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 81.3°F. That drives 512 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Moody County?

Yes. Moody County averages 40.4 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station FLANDREAU, SD US (USC00392984), 4.9 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.