Vermillion is wetter than most of South Dakota
Vermillion has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 10°, and about 36 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 47° and a normal night drops to 25°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Vermillion’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Vermillion’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 Vermillion.
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 Vermillion itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Newcastle, NE (9 mi, snow) and Vermillion 2 Se, SD (1 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.