White weather by month
What a typical year looks like in White, South Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BROOKINGS 2 NE, 16 km from White; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.2 in640 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in91 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Sep 24
- Heating degree days
- 8,378
- Cooling degree days
- 523
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
White in January
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1981)
- Record low
- −41° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1616
- Cooling degree days
- 0
White in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1958)
- Record low
- −41° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1340
- Cooling degree days
- 0
White in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1943)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 1101
- Cooling degree days
- 0
White in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1910)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 658
- Cooling degree days
- 1
White in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 304
- Cooling degree days
- 24
White in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 65
- Cooling degree days
- 111
White in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1940)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 196
White in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1937)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 140
White in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1931)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 195
- Cooling degree days
- 48
White in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1910)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 595
- Cooling degree days
- 3
White in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1012
- Cooling degree days
- 0
White in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1939)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1438
- Cooling degree days
- 0