Midland weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Midland, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Midland, 0 km from Midland; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,150
- Cooling degree days
- 825
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Midland in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 8°−13°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1897)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 1358
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Midland in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 12°−11°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1951)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1117
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Midland in March
Highs average 49°10° and lows 22°−5°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1946)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 907
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Midland in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 32°0°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 563
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Midland in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 44°7°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1969)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 258
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Midland in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 54°12°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2002)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Midland in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 60°16°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 117°47° (2006)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 306
Midland in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 58°14°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1980)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 266
Midland in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1948)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 133
- Cooling degree days
- 88
Midland in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 34°1°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1947)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 517
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Midland in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 20°−7°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1999)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 928
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Midland in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 11°−12°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1998)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1285
- Cooling degree days
- 0