Artesian weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Artesian, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Forestburg 4 Nne, 14 km from Artesian; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24.6 in625 mm
- Snow a year
- 26 in67 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 8
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 7,756
- Cooling degree days
- 673
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Artesian in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2012)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1534
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Artesian in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2000)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1253
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Artesian in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1943)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 1003
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Artesian in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 32°0°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 581
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Artesian in May
Highs average 71°21° and lows 44°7°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 260
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Artesian in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 55°13°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1988)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Artesian in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 60°15°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1934)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 250
Artesian in August
Highs average 83°29° and lows 57°14°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1934)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 185
Artesian in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 48°9°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1895)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 150
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Artesian in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 34°1°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 538
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Artesian in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 974
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Artesian in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1939)
- Record low
- −39° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0