Camp Crook, SD Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Camp Crook's primary NOAA station, CAMP CROOK.
The climate verdict for Camp Crook
Dryness leads the climate profile for Camp Crook, South Dakota, with 15.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.8"
- annual precipitation · 51" snow
- 130 days
- frost-free growing season
Camp Crook: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00391294 · Camp Crook, SD 46°F mean · 15.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Charmany Farm
- PRCP-DRY 15.8"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,379 HDD
- STN-1 USC00391294
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Charmany Farm, WI (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SD station list.
- Hot Charles City, IA 47°F
- Camp Crook (this station) 46°F
- Cold Manchester, IA 46°F
- Near Charmany Farm, WI 46°F
- Near Gordon, NE 46°F
Climate Living Index · Camp Crook
Camp Crook: 21/100 · grade F
Camp Crook publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Camp Crook, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.8 in · 19.2 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.4°F · 21.1° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 50.5 inches/year | 21/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 198 calendar days | 15/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 130 days/year | 12/100 · F |
Camp Crook · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Camp Crook's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 72.8°F
- Coldest month
- 22.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Camp Crook sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Camp Crook's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, Camp Crook sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Camp Crook's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Camp Crook is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Camp Crook compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Camp Crook's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Camp Crook's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 74 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2025, CAMP CROOK warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Camp Crook primary station fitted change +0.17 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.3" | 7.6" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.5" | 9.3" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.7" | 8.7" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.6" | 6.5" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 2.1" | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 12.3 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 0.1" | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.3" | 3.2" | 14.9 | 0.2 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 5.9" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 7.1" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Camp Crook works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 13 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 185 dates, bottoming at 10°F around January 6.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 22 through August 3, covering 13 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 20 to October 1.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 185 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 7, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 21 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 80 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Camp Crook.
Where Camp Crook Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 185 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Camp Crook earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 7.6"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.3"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.7"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.5"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
10.1 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.1"
5.0 days with precipitation
Camp Crook runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Camp Crook's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 2.9", on a wide 50.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, May, July, taking 50% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Camp Crook is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 80 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 15.8" between them. At roughly 0.20 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is June at about 11 wet days; the driest is November at about 5.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Camp Crook
Camp Crook averages 50.5 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 24 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 50.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 24 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 32% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
130 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,379
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
631
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SD closest to Camp Crook on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (46°F here).
- Bad Axe, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bickleton, WA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Cle Elum, WA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Essex Junction, VT 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Denton, MT 15.8" · 0.0" off
- Two Rivers, AK 15.8" · 0.0" off
- Harrison, NE 15.8" · 0.0" off
- Mosquero, NM 15.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Camp Crook
heating led · dry · mid swing
Camp Crook's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,379 annual heating degree days against 631 for cooling. Its 50.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 130 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Camp Crook coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Camp Crook typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Camp Crook snow peak
February
Camp Crook averages 50.5 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Camp Crook's primary station: CAMP CROOK (USC00391294). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4609260). Match rule for Camp Crook: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Camp Crook comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.