Nothing But Frigid Temperatures in South Dakota
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South Dakota and many of us in the country were pushed into the deep freeze by a significant winter storm that impacted the southern and eastern parts of the United States. Back home, we did not see the wintry precipitation, just the frigid temperatures.
On Friday, numerous locations remained below zero, with the lowest high air temperature recorded at a weather station 5.3 miles northwest of Lake City, South Dakota, at -13°F. Clark and Watertown airports only achieved highs of -11°F, while Milbank and Sisseton reached -9°F. Below are the high temperatures from personal weather stations, airport reports, and the MID weather stations that did not exceed zero.
Even with these cold air temperatures, the wind chill readings were down into the 20s, 30s, and even 40s below zero. This caused many schools in the state, even the large ones, to call off class for the day. Read Extreme Cold Closes Many Schools for details.
Friday's High Temperatures Below Zero:
Pierre (SD Discovery Center): -1°F
4.9 Mi E Martin: -1°F
4.1 Mi NE Porcupine: -1°F
Mitchell (Near I-90 Exit 332): -1°F
Pickstown: -1°F
Wind Cave National Park: -1°F
Custer Airport: -1°F
1.9 Mi SW Spearfish Airport: -1°F
Spearfish (Near Lookout Mountain): -1°F
12.1 Mi NW Hill City: -1°F
18.8 Mi NW Castle Rock: -1°F
3.1 Mi W Spearfish, SD: -1°F
2.9 Mi W North Sioux City: -1°F
10.2 Mi NW Fort Pierre: -2°F
Chamberlain Airport: -2°F
Miller Airport: -2°F
6.6 Mi E Cottonwood: -2°F
0.2 Mi S Interior: -2°F
Redfield Airport: -2°F
Platte: -2°F
Martin Airport: -2°F
4.4 Mi NE Stickney: -2°F
Fairfax: -2°F
Mitchell (Near I90 Exit 330): -2°F
Rapid City (near Parkview Park): -2°F
Rapid City (near JCT US16/Catron Blvd): -2°F
Rapid City (Colonial Pine Hills): -2°F
Custer State Park Airport: -2°F
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: -2°F
10.5 Mi SW Reva: -2°F
3 Mi NW Whitewood: -2°F
Yankton Airport: -2°F
Brandon (Near Aspen Park): -2°F
1.3 Mi S Fort Pierre: -3°F
4.7 Mi NE Ree Heights: -3°F
Philip Airport: -3°F
5.8 Mi W Parmelee: -3°F
Badlands National Park: -3°F
Huron Airport: -3°F
2.7 Mi W Geddes: -3°F
5.4 Mi NE Mellette: -3°F
5.9 Mi SW Opal: -3°F
Aberdeen (Near Central High School): -3°F
Mitchell Airport: -3°F
4.7 Mi S Canova: -3°F
3.6 Mi SW Summerset: -3°F
11.2 Mi SW Redig: -3°F
Sioux Falls (Near Memorial Park): -3°F
Sioux Falls (Near McKennan Park): -3°F
Sioux Falls (Near Arrowhead and Veterans Pkwy): -3°F
Pierre Airport: -4°F
Onida Airport: -4°F
Holabird: -4°F
15.2 Mi SW Wessington: -4°F
Wessington Springs Airport: -4°F
Mellette: -4°F
16.5 Mi NE Meadow: -4°F
Richmond Lake Rec Area: -4°F
Aberdeen (Near Manor Park): -4°F
Groton: -4°F
6.6 Mi N Humboldt: -4°F
Buffalo Airport: -4°F
Lennox: -4°F
Lennox (Near Westerman Park): -4°F
Tea Airport: -4°F
Sioux Falls (Near Harmodon Park): -4°F
Sioux Falls (near Tuthill Park): -4°F
Harrisburg: -4°F
Sioux Falls (Near Anderson Subdivision): -4°F
Sioux Falls (Pine Lakes Addition): -4°F
Beresford: -4°F
1.3 Mi W Fort Thompson: -5°F
6 Mi NE Dupree: -5°F
2.5 Mi SE Wakpala: -5°F
0.3 Mi N Westport: -5°F
6.4 Mi SW Frederick: -5°F
3.2 Mi SW Dolton: -5°F
6.1 Mi S Brookings: -5°F
Tea: -5°F
Sioux Falls (Near Kuehn Park): -5°F
Sioux Falls Airport: -5°F
Sioux Falls (Bakker Crossing Golf Course): -5°F
Sioux Falls (Near Yankton Trail Park): -5°F
7 Mi NW Vivian: -6°F
Eagle Butte Airport: -6°F
Winner Airport: -6°F
Gregory Airport: -6°F
Eureka (South End): -6°F
Eureka (Near Downtown): -6°F
5 Mi NE Mina: -6°F
Aberdeen Airport: -6°F
5.5 Mi SW Barnard: -6°F
3.4 Mi S Thunder Hawk: -6°F
3.0 Mi NE North Sioux City: -6°F
13 Mi N Vivian: -7°F
Mobridge Airport: -7°F
10.3 Mi S Bullhead: -7°F
Faith Airport: -7°F
12.5 Mi N Meadow: -7°F
Lake Preston: -7°F
Watertown (Near Herzog Park): -7°F
Lead: -7°F
Estelline: -7°F
Elkton: -7°F
Gettysburg Airport: -8°F
19.1 Mi SE Lemmon: -8°F
Brookings Airport: -8°F
1.2 Mi SW Clear Lake: -8°F
Flandreau Airport: -8°F
5.9 Mi S Revillo, SD: -8°F
Garretson: -8°F
Lemmon Airport: -9°F
DeSmet Airport: -9°F
Lake Preston: -9°F
3.2 Mi NE Hayti, SD: -9°F
Britton Airport: -9°F
Castlewood: -9°F
Dempster: -9°F
0.5 Mi W Kranzburg: -9°F
Sisseton Airport: -9°F
4.1 Mi NW Elkton: -9°F
0.6 Mi SE Gary: -9°F
Milbank Airport: -9°F
10 Mi NW Long Lake: -11°F
Clark Airport: -11°F
Watertown Airport: -11°F
4 Mi S Toronto: -11°F
5.3 Mi NW Lake City: -13°F
Saturday was a slight improvement with highs for some reaching into the teens and 20s, but a couple of locations only made it a few degrees above zero. The warmest high we found was at a weather station near Union Center in western South Dakota, which reported a high of 25°F.
Saturday's High Temperatures:
14 Mi SE Union Center: 25°F
Sturgis (VA Health System): 24°F
Nemo, SD: 24°F
Rapid City (near Quarry Park): 23°F
0.9 Mi W Rapid City: 23°F
Sturgis Airport: 23°F
Custer State Park Airport: 23°F
Rapid City (Near Centennial Park): 22°F
Rapid City (Near Robbinsdale Park): 22°F
5.5 Mi NE Summerset: 22°F
Rapid City (Near Camp Rapid): 22°F
Rapid City (Wildwood Addition): 22°F
Rapid City (Near Quarry Park): 22°F
1.7 Mi NE Summerset: 22°F
Piedmont: 22°F
4.5 Mi NE Three Forks: 22°F
5.8 Mi W Parmelee: 21°F
0.2 Mi S Interior: 21°F
Rapid Valley: 21°F
1.4 Mi NE Black Hawk: 21°F
1.9 Mi NE Rockerville: 21°F
0.7 Mi NW of Piedmont: 21°F
3.6 Mi SW Summerset: 21°F
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: 21°F
Hot Springs Airport: 21°F
0.3 Mi N Lead: 21°F
Spearfish Airport: 21°F
6.6 Mi E Cottonwood: 20°F
5.9 Mi SW Opal: 20°F
Ellsworth Air Force Base: 20°F
Rapid City Weather Service: 20°F
Rapid City (near Parkview Park): 20°F
Wind Cave National Park: 20°F
Spearfish (Near Lookout Mountain): 20°F
Spearfish (Mountain Plains): 20°F
18.8 Mi NW Castle Rock: 20°F
Philip Airport: 19°F
4.9 Mi E Martin: 19°F
Wasta: 19°F
Wasta: 19°F
Rapid City Airport: 19°F
Rapid City (near JCT US16/Catron Blvd): 19°F
Rapid City (Colonial Pine Hills): 19°F
3.3 Mi W Merritt: 19°F
1.9 Mi SW Spearfish Airport: 19°F
4.8 Mi SW Angostura Recreation Area: 19°F
3.1 Mi W Spearfish, SD: 19°F
8.5 Mi NE Edgemont: 19°F
Chamberlain (Near National Guard Armory): 18°F
Eureka (Near Downtown): 18°F
Martin Airport: 18°F
4.1 Mi NE Porcupine: 18°F
3 Mi NW Whitewood: 18°F
11.2 Mi SW Redig: 18°F
Pierre (SD Discovery Center): 17°F
Badlands National Park: 17°F
MID_PACS2: 17°F
1.5 Mi NW Custer: 17°F
2.7 Mi SW Custer: 17°F
1.3 Mi S Fort Pierre: 16°F
10.2 Mi NW Fort Pierre: 16°F
Chamberlain Airport: 16°F
Winner Airport: 16°F
Wessington Springs: 16°F
2.7 Mi W Geddes: 16°F
Pine Ridge Airport: 16°F
10.5 Mi SW Reva: 16°F
Edgemont: 16°F
Platte: 15°F
Mitchell (Near I90 Exit 330): 15°F
Pickstown: 15°F
Hill City: 15°F
4.7 Mi NE Ree Heights: 14°F
Gregory Airport: 14°F
Faith Airport: 14°F
4.4 Mi NE Stickney: 14°F
Mitchell (Near I-90 Exit 332): 14°F
Bison Airport: 14°F
Wagner Airport: 14°F
Custer Airport: 14°F
Pierre Airport: 13°F
7 Mi NW Vivian: 13°F
Holabird: 13°F
1.3 Mi W Fort Thompson: 13°F
6 Mi NE Dupree: 13°F
15.2 Mi SW Wessington: 13°F
16.5 Mi NE Meadow: 13°F
Fairfax: 13°F
Mitchell Airport: 13°F
12.5 Mi N Meadow: 13°F
3.4 Mi W Custer: 13°F
Buffalo Airport: 13°F
13 Mi N Vivian: 12°F
Onida Airport: 12°F
Miller Airport: 12°F
Wessington Springs Airport: 12°F
Redfield Airport: 12°F
Huron Airport: 12°F
11.7 Mi S Cheyenne Crossing: 12°F
Jewel Cave National Monument: 12°F
Yankton Airport: 12°F
1.8 Mi N Vermillion: 12°F
Vermillion Airport: 12°F
2.5 Mi SE Wakpala: 11°F
10.3 Mi S Bullhead: 11°F
Mellette: 11°F
5.4 Mi NE Mellette: 11°F
Richmond Lake Rec Area: 11°F
19.1 Mi SE Lemmon: 11°F
3.4 Mi S Thunder Hawk: 11°F
Lennox (Near Westerman Park): 11°F
2.7 Mi NW North Sioux City: 11°F
Eagle Butte Airport: 10°F
Aberdeen (Near Manor Park): 10°F
Aberdeen (Near Central High School): 10°F
4.7 Mi S Canova: 10°F
3.2 Mi SW Dolton: 10°F
Lennox: 10°F
Sioux Falls (near Tuthill Park): 10°F
Harrisburg: 10°F
Gettysburg Airport: 9°F
5 Mi NE Mina: 9°F
0.3 Mi N Westport: 9°F
6.4 Mi SW Frederick: 9°F
Lemmon Airport: 9°F
12.1 Mi NW Hill City: 9°F
Tea: 9°F
Tea Airport: 9°F
Sioux Falls (Near McKennan Park): 9°F
Sioux Falls (Near Yankton Trail Park): 9°F
Sioux Falls (Near Arrowhead and Veterans Pkwy): 9°F
Sioux Falls (Near Harmodon Park): 9°F
Sioux Falls (Pine Lakes Addition): 9°F
Brandon (Near Aspen Park): 9°F
Garretson: 9°F
Beresford: 9°F
2.9 Mi W North Sioux City: 9°F
Mobridge Airport: 8°F
Aberdeen Airport: 8°F
5.5 Mi SW Barnard: 8°F
Groton: 8°F
6.6 Mi N Humboldt: 8°F
Sioux Falls (Near Memorial Park): 8°F
Sioux Falls (Near Anderson Subdivision): 8°F
Eureka (South End): 7°F
Lake Preston: 7°F
8.6 Mi W Hill City: 7°F
MID_NE064: 7°F
Sioux Falls (Near Kuehn Park): 7°F
Sioux Falls (Bakker Crossing Golf Course): 7°F
3.0 Mi NE North Sioux City: 7°F
Lake Preston: 6°F
Watertown (Near Herzog Park): 6°F
Sioux Falls Airport: 6°F
10 Mi NW Long Lake: 5°F
DeSmet Airport: 5°F
Britton Airport: 5°F
Castlewood: 5°F
Estelline: 5°F
Brookings Airport: 5°F
6.1 Mi S Brookings: 5°F
Milbank Airport: 5°F
3.2 Mi NE Hayti, SD: 4°F
Dempster: 4°F
4.1 Mi NW Elkton: 4°F
Elkton: 4°F
0.5 Mi W Kranzburg: 3°F
Sisseton Airport: 3°F
Flandreau Airport: 3°F
5.9 Mi S Revillo, SD: 3°F
0.6 Mi SE Gary: 3°F
Watertown Airport: 2°F
5.3 Mi NW Lake City: 2°F
1.2 Mi SW Clear Lake: 2°F
4 Mi S Toronto: 1°F
Looking ahead, long-range forecasts are still calling for better chances for below normal temperatures in eastern South Dakota through the rest of the month.
