Piedmont has milder winters than most of South Dakota
Piedmont has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 36 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 47°, and nights fall to 23°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Piedmont’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Piedmont’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Piedmont.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 Piedmont itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Rapid City 4nw, SD (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.