Eden weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Eden, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Waubay National Wild Life, 23 km from Eden; records cover 1952–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.5 in572 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in90 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 8,203
- Cooling degree days
- 622
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −19°−28° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Eden in January
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1981)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1624
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eden in February
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1958)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1352
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eden in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1963)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1118
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eden in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°0°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 648
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eden in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°8°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1959)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 268
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Eden in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 58°14°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1963)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Eden in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1966)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 226
Eden in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1988)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 190
Eden in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1976)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Eden in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 38°4°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1993)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 540
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Eden in November
Highs average 40°4° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1975)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 993
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eden in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1969)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1441
- Cooling degree days
- 0