Freeman weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Freeman, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Menno, 17 km from Freeman; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25 in636 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in100 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 1
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,978
- Cooling degree days
- 892
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Freeman in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1931)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 1421
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeman in February
Highs average 34°1° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1981)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1155
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeman in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1943)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 898
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Freeman in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 501
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Freeman in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 199
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Freeman in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1931)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 198
Freeman in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 63°17°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Freeman in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1934)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 225
Freeman in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 52°11°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1925)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 111
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Freeman in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1997)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 452
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Freeman in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2020)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 894
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeman in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1939)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1303
- Cooling degree days
- 0