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Weather in Oelrichs, SD · National Weather Service + NOAA

Oelrichs has milder winters than most of South Dakota

Oelrichs has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 44 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 49° and a normal night drops to 23°.

Winter 39°/15°Spring 60°/32°Summer 85°/55°Fall 64°/34°
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What stands out about Oelrichs’s weather

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

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Milder winters than most of South DakotaJanuary nights average 14°, milder than 1,362 of 1,384 South Dakota towns.Warmer summers than most of South DakotaJuly afternoons average 89°, warmer than 1,337 of 1,384 South Dakota towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.8° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 89% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 18 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 90% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Oelrichs’s year

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

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Winter
39° / 15°
15 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
60° / 32°
Last frost around May 15
Summer
85° / 55°
45 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
64° / 34°
First frost around Sep 30
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 30). Last frost next spring: May 15
Best months to be outside
MayJunSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Oelrichs get?About 44 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 3.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.8° 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 Oelrichs itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Oelrichs, SD (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.