Vale weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Vale, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fort Meade, 24 km from Vale; records cover 1902–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.3 in541 mm
- Snow a year
- 48 in121 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 6,781
- Cooling degree days
- 692
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Vale in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1987)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1197
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vale in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vale in March
Highs average 49°9° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 879
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vale in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1910)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 582
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Vale in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 44°7°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1969)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Vale in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2002)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 77
- Cooling degree days
- 98
Vale in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 60°16°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2006)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 262
Vale in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 58°14°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1949)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 228
Vale in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 49°9°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1908)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 79
Vale in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 36°2°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 515
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Vale in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1999)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vale in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1973)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1142
- Cooling degree days
- 0