Whitewood has milder winters than most of South Dakota
Whitewood has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 47°, and lows to 24°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Whitewood’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Whitewood’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 Whitewood.
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 Whitewood itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Ft Meade, SD (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.