Valley Springs weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Valley Springs, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sioux Falls Foss Field, 23 km from Valley Springs; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.9 in707 mm
- Snow a year
- 45 in115 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 29
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 7,248
- Cooling degree days
- 847
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 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Valley Springs in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1981)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1461
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valley Springs in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1958)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1195
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valley Springs in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 942
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Valley Springs in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1910)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 538
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Valley Springs in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 227
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Valley Springs in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 178
Valley Springs in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 294
Valley Springs in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 227
Valley Springs in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 52°11°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1913)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 126
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Valley Springs in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2023)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 485
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Valley Springs in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2020)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 908
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valley Springs in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1998)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1317
- Cooling degree days
- 0