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South Dakota weather by city

VSWeather covers 19 cities and towns in South Dakota, from Sioux Falls (population 197,642) down to Belle Fourche (population 5,741). Box Elder is the state's sunniest covered city at 248 sunny days a year. Spearfish is its snowiest at 76 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

South Dakota climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Box Elder 248 sunny days
  2. 2Rapid Valley 248 sunny days
  3. 3Rapid City 245 sunny days
  4. 4Sturgis 243 sunny days
  5. 5Spearfish 241 sunny days
  6. 6Belle Fourche 240 sunny days
  7. 7Pierre 227 sunny days
  8. 8Mitchell 221 sunny days
  9. 9Yankton 220 sunny days
  10. 10Huron 220 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Spearfish 76 in of snow
  2. 2Rapid City 53 in of snow
  3. 3Sturgis 48 in of snow
  4. 4Rapid Valley 48 in of snow
  5. 5Sioux Falls 47 in of snow
  6. 6Box Elder 46 in of snow
  7. 7Brandon 46 in of snow
  8. 8Harrisburg 45 in of snow
  9. 9Tea 45 in of snow
  10. 10Huron 44 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Spearfish 123 wet days a year
  2. 2Rapid City 119 wet days a year
  3. 3Brandon 107 wet days a year
  4. 4Madison 106 wet days a year
  5. 5Watertown 106 wet days a year
  6. 6Sioux Falls 106 wet days a year
  7. 7Harrisburg 106 wet days a year
  8. 8Tea 106 wet days a year
  9. 9Sturgis 105 wet days a year
  10. 10Vermillion 105 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Vermillion 49 °F average
  2. 2Yankton 49 °F average
  3. 3Sturgis 48 °F average
  4. 4Rapid City 48 °F average
  5. 5Belle Fourche 48 °F average
  6. 6Mitchell 47 °F average
  7. 7Rapid Valley 47 °F average
  8. 8Sioux Falls 47 °F average
  9. 9Pierre 47 °F average
  10. 10Box Elder 47 °F average

Popular South Dakota comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered South Dakota cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how South Dakota cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).