Manderson, SD Climate: Temperature 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 Manderson's primary NOAA station, MANDERSON 3 NE.
The climate verdict for Manderson
Manderson, South Dakota has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. July is the warmest month at 74°F and January the coldest at 25°F.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 148 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Manderson: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00395154 · Manderson, SD 48°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,264
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elgin
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 6,830 HDD
- STN-1 USC00395154
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Elgin, NE (+ 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.
- Manderson (this station) 48°F
- Cold Cedar Rapids, IA 48°F
- Hot Chambers, NE 48°F
- Near Elgin, NE 48°F
- Near Marengo, IL 48°F
Climate Living Index · Manderson
Manderson: 31/100 · grade F
Manderson publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Manderson, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 48.3°F · 19.2° from 67.5°F | 33/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 171 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
Manderson · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Manderson sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Manderson are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 33rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Manderson is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | N/A | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | N/A | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 14.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 12.8 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | N/A | 11.1 | 0.6 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | N/A | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | N/A | 29.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 171 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near February 2.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 171 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.
The widest day
September 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Manderson.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,830
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
763
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SD closest to Manderson 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 (48°F here).
- Albin, WY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Albion, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Angola, IN 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Beverly, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Manderson's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Manderson's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,830 annual heating degree days against 763 for cooling. Its 48.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Manderson's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.6°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Manderson's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Manderson's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Manderson, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Manderson's climate
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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 Manderson's primary station: MANDERSON 3 NE (USC00395154). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Manderson; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Manderson 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.