Spring Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Spring Creek, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kilgore 1ne, 20 km from Spring Creek; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.6 in575 mm
- Snow a year
- 38 in97 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 7,438
- Cooling degree days
- 580
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Spring Creek in January
Highs average 33°1° and lows 11°−11°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2015)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 1325
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spring Creek in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2016)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1123
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spring Creek in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 949
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spring Creek in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2019)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 641
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spring Creek in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 42°6°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2004)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 339
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Spring Creek in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2012)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 86
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Spring Creek in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 59°15°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2006)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 223
Spring Creek in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 56°13°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 183
Spring Creek in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2020)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 186
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Spring Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2016)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 560
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Spring Creek in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1999)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 926
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spring Creek in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1998)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1258
- Cooling degree days
- 0