Wakonda weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wakonda, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Yankton Municipal Airport, 25 km from Wakonda; records cover 1932–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.7 in728 mm
- Snow a year
- 38 in97 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Rare
- First fall freeze
- Rare
- Heating degree days
- 6,885
- Cooling degree days
- 963
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −7°−22° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wakonda in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1944)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 1389
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakonda in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1132
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakonda in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1943)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 904
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Wakonda in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 35°2°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1934)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 525
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Wakonda in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 214
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Wakonda in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 198
Wakonda in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 64°18°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 328
Wakonda in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 62°16°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 262
Wakonda in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 52°11°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1940)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 105
Wakonda in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1938)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 447
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Wakonda in November
Highs average 47°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2025)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 863
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakonda in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 15°−9°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1257
- Cooling degree days
- 0