Pukwana has some of South Dakota’s warmest summers
Pukwana has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 9°, and about 43 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 46°, and nights fall to 23°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Pukwana’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Pukwana’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 Pukwana.
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 Pukwana itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Chamberlain 5 S, SD (7 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.