Running Bird Township has milder winters than most of South Dakota
Running Bird 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 40 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 48°, and nights fall to 24°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Running Bird Township’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Running Bird Township’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 Running Bird Township.
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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 Running Bird Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Cedar Butte, SD (2 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.