Golden View Colony weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Golden View Colony, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bridgewater, 17 km from Golden View Colony; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.9 in709 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,505
- Cooling degree days
- 781
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Golden View Colony in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2012)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1489
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden View Colony in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1958)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 1215
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden View Colony in March
Highs average 44°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 990
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden View Colony in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°1°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1980)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 576
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Golden View Colony in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 47°8°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1967)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 249
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Golden View Colony in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 169
Golden View Colony in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 63°17°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1966)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 281
Golden View Colony in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2022)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 207
Golden View Colony in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°10°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1976)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 142
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Golden View Colony in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1953)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 506
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Golden View Colony in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2020)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 932
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden View Colony in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1998)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1347
- Cooling degree days
- 0