Maverick Junction weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Maverick Junction, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hot Springs, 7 km from Maverick Junction; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.6 in473 mm
- Snow a year
- 32 in81 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 6,584
- Cooling degree days
- 644
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Maverick Junction in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2015)
- Record low
- −41° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 1170
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maverick Junction in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1972)
- Record low
- −41° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 998
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maverick Junction in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 811
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maverick Junction in April
Highs average 62°16° and lows 31°0°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1910)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 559
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Maverick Junction in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 41°5°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 300
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Maverick Junction in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 51°10°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 95
Maverick Junction in July
Highs average 89°31° and lows 57°14°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1931)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 255
Maverick Junction in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 55°13°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1937)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 213
Maverick Junction in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 45°7°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1940)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 138
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Maverick Junction in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1935)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 498
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Maverick Junction in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 852
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maverick Junction in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1941)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1158
- Cooling degree days
- 0