Old Elm Spring Colony weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Old Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Alexandria, 18 km from Old Elm Spring Colony; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.3 in643 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in92 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 7,876
- Cooling degree days
- 625
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Old Elm Spring Colony in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2012)
- Record low
- −41° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1533
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Elm Spring Colony in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2000)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Elm Spring Colony in March
Highs average 44°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1943)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1016
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Elm Spring Colony in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 32°0°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1910)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 610
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Old Elm Spring Colony in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 44°7°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 279
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Old Elm Spring Colony in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1931)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 53
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Old Elm Spring Colony in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 60°16°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 232
Old Elm Spring Colony in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 57°14°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1934)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 168
Old Elm Spring Colony in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 49°9°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1895)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 159
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Old Elm Spring Colony in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 35°2°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1947)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 552
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Old Elm Spring Colony in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 981
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Elm Spring Colony in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1921)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1403
- Cooling degree days
- 0