Little Eagle weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Little Eagle, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mc Laughlin 2sw, 12 km from Little Eagle; records cover 1919–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.1 in510 mm
- Snow a year
- 35 in89 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 26
- Heating degree days
- 8,441
- Cooling degree days
- 550
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 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Little Eagle in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1981)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 1586
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Little Eagle in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1958)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 1329
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Little Eagle in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2012)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Little Eagle in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 663
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Little Eagle in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 42°5°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1969)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 327
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Little Eagle in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2002)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 92
Little Eagle in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 58°14°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2006)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 222
Little Eagle in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 55°13°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1959)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 174
Little Eagle in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 45°7°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1948)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 208
- Cooling degree days
- 42
Little Eagle in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 32°0°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 634
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Little Eagle in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2022)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1052
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Little Eagle in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1965)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1440
- Cooling degree days
- 0