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Weather in Lone Tree Township, SD · National Weather Service + NOAA

Lone Tree Township is snow country

Lone Tree Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 49 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 48°, and lows to 24°.

Winter 35°/14°Spring 60°/34°Summer 86°/59°Fall 63°/37°
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Sunrise 8:18 am · sunset 6:28 pm

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What stands out about Lone Tree Township’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 49 inches a winter, more than 1,274 of 1,367 South Dakota towns.Warmer summers than most of South DakotaJuly afternoons average 89°, warmer than 1,364 of 1,384 South Dakota towns.Milder winters than most of South DakotaJanuary nights average 12°, milder than 1,249 of 1,384 South Dakota towns.A long growing season159 frost-free days, from May 1 to Oct 9.
A normal year

Where today sits in Lone Tree Township’s year

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

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Winter
35° / 14°
15 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
60° / 34°
Last frost around May 1
Summer
86° / 59°
40 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
63° / 37°
First frost around Oct 9
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 9). Last frost next spring: May 1
Best months to be outside
MayJunSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Lone Tree Township get?About 49 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 3.7 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.3° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Lone Tree Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Winner, SD (15 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.