Mobridge Muni, SD Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mobridge Muni's primary NOAA station, MOBRIDGE MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Mobridge Muni
Winter sets the terms in Mobridge Muni, South Dakota. A pronounced 57.7°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 46°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.0"
- annual precipitation · 31" snow
- 152 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Mobridge Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094052 · Mobridge Muni, SD 46°F mean · 18.0" 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 ≈ Bridgewater
- PRCP-DRY 18.0"
- SWING-WIDE 58°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,549 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094052
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bridgewater, SD (+ 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.
- Mobridge (this station) 46°F
- Cold Fairmont, MN 46°F
- Hot Bridgewater, SD 46°F
- Near Greybull S Big…, WY 46°F
- Near Mission Ridge, SD 46°F
Climate Living Index · Mobridge Muni
Mobridge Muni: 31/100 · grade F
Mobridge Muni publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mobridge Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 18.0 in · 17.0 from 35 in | 40/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 31.0 inches/year | 37/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 171 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 152 days/year | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.4°F · 21.1° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
Mobridge Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mobridge Muni is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 16.8°F and warmest-month mean 74.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.5°F
- Coldest month
- 16.8°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 Mobridge Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mobridge Muni'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, Mobridge Muni sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Mobridge Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Mobridge Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mobridge Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mobridge Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F (-3°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 0.4" | 6.3" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.7" | 6.4" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.7" | 4.1" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.6" | 3.2" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 3.1 | 0.6 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.5" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.8" | 1.7" | 11.1 | 0.2 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.4" | 3.6" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.5" | 5.7" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 171 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 6°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around October 26, 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 10, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 23 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mobridge Muni.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 6.3"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.1"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
7.8 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.7"
5.1 days with precipitation
Mobridge Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Mobridge Muni'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 3.1", on a wide 57.7°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 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 9% 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.
Mobridge Muni is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 91 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 18.0" 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 12 wet days; the driest is November at about 4.
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 Mobridge Muni
Mobridge Muni averages 31.0 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 23 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: 31.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 23 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% 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
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
152 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,549
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
812
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SD closest to Mobridge Muni 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 (18.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Goodwell, OK 18.0" · 0.0" off
- Cripple Creek, CO 18.0" · 0.0" off
- Wallowa, OR 18.0" · 0.0" off
- Hemingford, NE 18.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Mobridge Muni
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Mobridge Muni logs 7,549 heating degree days, more than twice its 812 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 57.7°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Mobridge Muni's frost-free season lasts about 152 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Mobridge Muni coldest normal
January
Averaging 17°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Mobridge Muni typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Mobridge Muni snow peak
February
Mobridge Muni averages 31.0 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 Mobridge Muni's primary station: MOBRIDGE MUNI AP (USW00094052). 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 Mobridge Muni; 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 Mobridge Muni 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.