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Weather in Artas, SD · National Weather Service + NOAA

Artas has real winters

Artas has cold winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 3°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 40°, and nights fall to 20°.

Winter 25°/6°Spring 54°/30°Summer 80°/56°Fall 56°/33°
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Sunrise 8:22 am · sunset 6:22 pm

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What stands out about Artas’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Real wintersJanuary nights average 3°, colder than 93% of U.S. towns.Less snow than most of South DakotaAbout 30 inches a winter, less than 1,304 of 1,367 South Dakota towns.A short growing season137 frost-free days, from May 12 to Sep 27.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 94% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Artas’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
25° / 6°
9 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
54° / 30°
Last frost around May 12
Summer
80° / 56°
14 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
56° / 33°
First frost around Sep 27
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 27). Last frost next spring: May 12
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Artas get?About 30 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 3.4 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.7° vs. the 20th century.

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Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Artas.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Artas itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Artas 1s, SD (1 mi, snow) and Eureka, SD (12 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.