Newell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Newell, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Newell, 1 km from Newell; records cover 1920–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.7 in423 mm
- Snow a year
- 40 in101 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 7,618
- Cooling degree days
- 613
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Newell in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2015)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 1370
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1152
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1943)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 974
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 637
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Newell in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 345
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Newell in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2002)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 90
- Cooling degree days
- 85
Newell in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 59°15°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 245
Newell in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 57°14°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1947)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 209
Newell in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 47°8°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 179
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Newell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1953)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 572
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Newell in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 960
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1939)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1300
- Cooling degree days
- 0