Bullhead weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bullhead, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mc Intosh 6 SE, 17 km from Bullhead; records cover 1915–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.3 in439 mm
- Snow a year
- 43 in110 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 7,897
- Cooling degree days
- 629
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bullhead in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1981)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1502
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bullhead in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1992)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1243
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bullhead in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1015
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bullhead in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 32°0°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1992)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 612
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bullhead in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 43°6°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 296
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Bullhead in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2002)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 69
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Bullhead in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 58°15°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 236
Bullhead in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 57°14°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1947)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 209
Bullhead in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 48°9°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1929)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Bullhead in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 35°2°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 574
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Bullhead in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1002
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bullhead in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −40° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0