Lane weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lane, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wessington Springs, 12 km from Lane; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.7 in652 mm
- Snow a year
- 45 in113 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 1
- First fall freeze
- Oct 9
- Heating degree days
- 7,784
- Cooling degree days
- 688
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −12°−24° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lane in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1908)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lane in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1913)
- Record low
- −39° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1249
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lane in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2012)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1025
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lane in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 33°1°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 618
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Lane in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1894)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 281
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Lane in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1988)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 122
Lane in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 62°16°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1894)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Lane in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1965)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1900)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 202
Lane in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 51°10°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1970)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 149
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Lane in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1963)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 544
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Lane in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1999)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 952
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lane in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1998)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 1367
- Cooling degree days
- 0