Fairview weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fairview, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Canton, 13 km from Fairview; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.8 in706 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in92 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 29
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,683
- Cooling degree days
- 679
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fairview in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1931)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1533
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairview in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1958)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1244
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairview in March
Highs average 44°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1943)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 997
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairview in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1910)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 573
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Fairview in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 249
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Fairview in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°15°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Fairview in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 243
Fairview in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Fairview in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 50°10°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1976)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 155
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Fairview in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1963)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 526
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Fairview in November
Highs average 44°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 952
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairview in December
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 11°−11°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1939)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1384
- Cooling degree days
- 0