White River has milder winters than most of South Dakota
White River 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. Normal November highs come to 48°, and lows to 24°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about White River’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in White River’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 White River.
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 White River itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Cedar Butte, SD (14 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.