Centerville, South Dakota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Centerville's normal year runs from 7°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 26.9 inches of precipitation and 31 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.0°C, January lows of −14°C, July highs of 29°C, 683 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCenterville (6 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00391579
- Location43.04°N 96.90°W
- Elevation1,276 ft (389 m)
- From the center6 miles
- Population958
On October 8, the normal high in Centerville is 66°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Centerville.
- Jan 27° 7°
- Feb 32° 11°
- Mar 45° 23°
- Apr 59° 34°
- May 70° 47°
- Jun 80° 58°
- Jul 84° 62°
- Aug 82° 59°
- Sep 75° 50°
- Oct 62° 36°
- Nov 45° 23°
- Dec 31° 12°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Centerville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 7°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.29 in), the least in January (0.44 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F | 7°F | 16.9°F | 0.44 | 5.2 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 32°F | 11°F | 21.4°F | 0.63 | 6.0 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 45°F | 23°F | 33.9°F | 1.38 | 4.5 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 2.69 | 2.9 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 58.5°F | 3.87 | 0.1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 80°F | 58°F | 69.3°F | 4.29 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 84°F | 62°F | 73.0°F | 3.05 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 82°F | 59°F | 70.5°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 50°F | 62.5°F | 3.12 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 36°F | 48.8°F | 2.32 | 0.7 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 45°F | 23°F | 33.9°F | 1.23 | 5.0 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 31°F | 12°F | 21.6°F | 0.66 | 6.1 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 58°F | 35°F | 46.4°F | 26.88 | 30.5 | 94 | 18 | 164 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3°C | −14°C | −8.4°C | 11 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 0°C | −12°C | −5.9°C | 16 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 7°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 35 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 68 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 2°C | 9.3°C | 59 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 31 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 0°C | −11°C | −5.8°C | 17 mm | 15 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00391579; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Centerville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00391579.
When is the last frost in Centerville?
In Centerville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 17 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 21 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 17; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 151 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Centerville in zone 5a in ZIP code 57014, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Centerville's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −21°F (29 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Dakota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00391579; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Centerville?
In a normal year in Centerville, 18 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 164 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 164a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 63high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 113°F, on July 17, 1936; the lowest is −44°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 36.76 in; the snowiest season is 1968–69, with 87.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00391579; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00391579. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Centerville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Centerville, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and May the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.0 |
| February | 79% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.4 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 81% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.4 |
| October | 74% | 3.0 |
| November | 74% | 2.1 |
| December | 71% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Centerville need?
A normal year in Centerville brings 7,492 heating degree days, 39% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 745 cooling degree days, 18% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,822 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,492 | 0 |
| February | 1,219 | 0 |
| March | 965 | 1 |
| April | 567 | 4 |
| May | 245 | 44 |
| June | 39 | 166 |
| July | 9 | 259 |
| August | 20 | 190 |
| September | 150 | 75 |
| October | 509 | 7 |
| November | 933 | 0 |
| December | 1,344 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,492 | 745 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00391579. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Centerville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 48.7°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.7°F | +2.3°F | 24.13 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | 46.8°F | +0.4°F | 14.80 | 14.1 |
| 2023 | 48.2°F | +1.8°F | 24.99 | 44.4 |
| 2024 | 49.8°F | +3.4°F | 28.09 | 23.1 |
| 2025 | 48.7°F | +2.3°F | 22.81 | 20.2 |
Over 97 complete years from 1906 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00391579; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Centerville's climate compare?
Centerville is warmer than 61 of the other 99 places with their own NOAA record in South Dakota, and wetter than 84. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.4°F is warmer than 25%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Centerville is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Centerville share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Viborg, SD834 people · 13 mi NW
- Irene, SD431 people · 13 mi W
- Hurley, SD385 people · 19 mi NW
- Wakonda, SD343 people · 11 mi W
- Davis, SD55 people · 16 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Centerville's climate
What is the coldest month in Centerville?
January, with a normal high of 27°F and a normal low of 7°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Centerville?
Yes: 31 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (6.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Centerville?
June, with 4.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.44 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Centerville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Centerville in zone 5a in ZIP code 57014, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Centerville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −21°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Centerville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- South Dakota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Vermillion, SD19 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Hawarden, IA21 miles from this station, 46.7°F a year
- Canton, SD24 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Yankton, SD26 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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