Wakpala weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wakpala, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mobridge Municipal Airport, 16 km from Wakpala; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18 in457 mm
- Snow a year
- 31 in79 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 7,551
- Cooling degree days
- 812
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wakpala in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2002)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1496
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakpala in February
Highs average 32°0° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2016)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1228
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakpala in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 980
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakpala in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°1°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2003)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 577
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Wakpala in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2006)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 257
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Wakpala in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°13°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2002)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 139
Wakpala in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 62°16°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (2006)
- Record low
- 44°7° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 300
Wakpala in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 60°15°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2003)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 254
Wakpala in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 50°10°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2002)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 138
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Wakpala in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 37°3°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2015)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 520
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Wakpala in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2022)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 945
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wakpala in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1339
- Cooling degree days
- 0