HOWARD, SD

Average of Maximum Temperature (Degrees Fahrenheit)

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File last updated on April 25, 2024
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF MISSING DAYS : 5
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.

YEAR(S)	JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC		ANN
1893	17.73	e	24.33	d	35.67	a	51.89	b	66.06		-----	z	86.58		84.81		79.40		61.45	b	46.38	f	26.81	e	53.47	b
1894	15.46	c	22.15	b	46.90	a	59.89	b	75.23	a	85.50		92.81		89.29		79.76	a	65.17	g	-----	z	37.41	b	60.44	b
1895	17.15	d	23.56	c	44.28	b	68.23		69.71		77.41	a	85.23		85.42		80.48	a	59.23		41.30	c	31.20	a	56.93
1896	31.40	f	34.56	b	-----	z	-----	z	70.97		77.27		83.21	c	84.16		71.37		57.67	a	25.00	d	30.93	a	59.46	c
1897	18.68	c	-----	z	30.21	c	54.93	a	70.71		75.90		85.41	b	78.42		84.96	b	65.36	c	42.85	d	23.59	b	57.37	a
1898	32.74		32.61		45.34	b	60.20		67.00	a	79.67		87.10		87.32		78.57		53.23		39.97	a	28.70	a	57.70
1899	28.79	b	16.20	c	28.53	a	59.90	a	69.39		78.73		86.35		85.10		74.20		65.00		55.03		31.04	c	56.52
1900	34.13		23.78	a	45.26		66.83	a	78.87		82.90		83.58		85.81		-----	z	-----	z	57.14	h	41.06		60.25	c
1901	32.92	e	33.12	d	46.09	h	63.15	c	75.54	c	81.11	b	92.62	e	87.53	a	77.62	d	70.07	d	48.00	g	27.35	h	68.19	c
1902	32.50	g	32.45	h	46.50	g	58.91	h	76.72	f	75.32	e	84.81	d	79.79	g	72.96	f	72.09	i	42.18	h	-----	z	80.07	j
1903	-----	z	25.25	h	43.73	a	62.20		71.17	a	76.27		80.14	b	78.57	a	72.37		66.63	l	41.70	c	28.48	d	61.62	c
1904	18.20	a	19.41		41.47	a	54.28	e	70.55	b	75.17	a	82.11	c	82.97		76.00	a	64.67	a	54.34	a	31.57	a	55.89
1905	19.14	c	21.15	a	51.31	b	59.66	a	64.62	b	75.60	e	79.39		84.71		77.39	b	57.30	a	50.07	c	37.11	c	56.45
1906	34.71	c	34.58	b	31.52		64.12	f	70.03		75.20		81.30	a	82.22	d	73.18	b	57.33	a	38.00	b	29.69	b	55.25	a
1907	15.28	b	29.15	b	43.89	c	48.62	i	61.97	a	73.89	b	79.93	a	84.50	a	73.33		64.03	b	47.40		38.55	b	55.63	a
1908	35.32		28.10		44.28	b	63.60		69.33	d	75.56	c	81.77		79.39		82.45	a	58.13		46.97		30.46	c	57.95
1909	24.38	j	34.14	f	37.65		51.85	d	68.90	a	77.72	a	81.60	a	86.70	a	73.74	c	59.29	c	46.74	c	18.50	e	60.27	b
1910	21.30	d	21.65	b	60.07	c	64.18	b	65.64	c	79.30	g	-----	z	82.60	a	74.68	b	70.39		-----	z	29.35		54.43	c
1911	24.57	a	29.38	b	53.60	a	57.79	a	76.46	c	89.30	g	86.94		79.82	c	71.62	f	53.68		35.38	f	28.52	f	57.78	d
1912	9.68	c	22.59	b	31.14	b	59.79	a	66.74	d	78.05	j	83.61	h	80.64	f	68.93	a	66.50	i	51.50	b	36.81	e	43.40	d
1913	31.76	b	29.88	b	40.77	a	61.17		67.42	e	84.16	e	82.94		86.77	a	76.12	d	-----	z	50.52	g	39.03	b	60.00	b
1914	32.52	d	-----	z	42.57	c	60.85	d	70.23	a	80.05	i	88.32		81.03	b	73.52	c	64.63	a	50.27	d	23.56	m	62.66	c
1915	-----	z	31.42	b	31.54	e	66.64	b	61.00	d	73.54	f	76.70	a	77.55	b	71.21	a	63.79	b	48.00	f	31.55	k	59.98	d
1916	14.43	c	-----	z	43.43	h	55.54	b	65.64	c	74.33	c	91.48		83.87		71.83	a	57.66	b	-----	z	-----	z	64.35	d
1917	-----	z	19.46	b	37.67	d	52.77		66.86	b	75.73		88.57	a	82.90	a	-----	z	-----	z	54.35	d	21.93	d	55.58	c
1918	15.06		30.27	b	54.11	d	53.70		72.33	a	81.21	f	83.90	a	84.47	a	72.52	c	65.48	d	-----	z	-----	z	59.09	c
1919	35.93	b	23.22	a	44.37	d	56.29	b	69.30	a	81.36	h	86.94		85.93	a	78.37		54.32	c	-----	z	-----	z	59.41	c
1920	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	71.63	l	78.67	c	83.12	e	82.93	a	77.97		69.69	b	39.29	b	30.70	a	66.05	e
1921	33.59	b	40.46		51.42		63.11	b	71.16		88.92	d	89.10	a	83.14	b	75.71	b	65.77	a	38.54	d	33.90	b	61.23
1922	26.96	h	19.46	b	41.48	d	58.56	c	66.82	c	79.31	d	78.62	b	88.23	a	84.28	a	67.53	a	-----	z	27.03		61.13	b
1923	31.13	a	27.88	c	47.30	u	59.00	f	71.88	f	80.00		87.45		81.25	c	76.73		58.35		50.50		39.79	c	59.23	c
1924	20.41	b	34.14	a	38.67	d	61.70	c	65.29	c	74.50	b	83.17	b	84.03	b	71.23	d	68.61	m	45.54	d	19.43	a	54.37	a
1925	22.07	a	31.78	a	-----	z	69.00	h	73.48	d	79.64	e	86.79	c	92.69	r	82.45	a	46.23	i	46.17	f	28.23	a	57.78	e
1926	26.52	b	34.70	a	43.48	b	65.48	c	79.57	a	81.30	c	89.00	b	84.03	a	70.04	e	61.43	c	35.79	b	28.10	b	58.29
1927	29.21	g	35.19	a	45.23		56.14	a	65.69	b	79.75	b	83.52	f	82.07	a	77.92	e	69.56	f	37.24	a	16.29	c	55.06	c
1928	27.14	c	33.11	a	50.14	c	53.04	d	76.03	b	77.29	b	85.14	c	85.89	c	74.11	c	61.35		41.96	c	39.16		58.70
1929	14.23		19.65	e	40.24	b	56.30		64.00	a	73.13		79.90	a	81.32		63.86	a	-----	z	35.67		27.00		50.48	a
1930	14.52		-----	z	46.78	d	62.13		68.10		80.20		95.55		89.26		75.03		57.97		47.83		35.26		61.15	a
1931	40.29		45.64		45.65		64.00		70.45		89.63		94.19		87.68		82.50		63.48		46.97		33.13		63.63
1932	23.19		32.00	b	32.53	a	58.70		73.19		82.53		90.97	b	86.26		76.76	a	58.35		41.70		28.40	a	57.05
1933	38.23	a	27.64		43.55		59.21	a	68.67	a	95.30		90.29		83.84		83.27		64.00		47.28	a	31.40	a	61.06
1934	33.07	a	36.30	a	45.53	a	62.83	a	87.94		84.33	l	95.71		86.97	a	71.38	a	66.84		48.33	c	27.25	c	60.19	a
1935	23.94		36.79		44.87		50.53		59.97		74.96	b	95.71		86.63	a	77.62	d	61.33	a	38.30		28.06		56.56
1936	11.23		6.17		43.37	a	55.20		76.55		85.28	a	101.61		92.52		79.87		61.26		41.17	a	30.53	a	57.06
1937	11.00		24.93	a	39.16		53.21	a	72.81		77.47		91.97		93.58		78.70		60.61		41.17		27.23		55.99
1938	-----	z	26.45	f	49.39		60.66	a	66.39		81.80		91.13		93.45		80.37		73.40	a	42.90	a	35.57	a	67.50	b
1939	32.55		21.75	d	46.94		60.13		81.26		82.30		92.87	a	87.68		84.93	a	64.13	a	52.07		42.71		62.44
1940	16.90		28.38		34.90		56.90		72.84		80.70		91.29		82.94		81.23		71.00		36.73		32.13		57.16
1941	27.32		27.00		39.35		60.17		77.19		81.60		90.55		91.29		77.30		61.42		48.30		38.26		59.98
1942	32.58		32.43		43.90		66.57		64.74		76.37		84.26		83.90		68.33		62.87		47.80		27.58		57.61
1943	19.71		37.32		40.23		63.50		68.58		79.40		89.48		86.43	a	74.63		66.10		40.80		39.06		58.77
1944	39.87		31.93		34.10		53.00		74.71		79.80		83.77		81.00		73.47		66.58		44.45	a	32.67	a	57.95
1945	27.45		34.04	a	51.55		56.90	a	66.32		70.00		83.71		83.87		73.23		64.42		41.41	a	22.17	m	59.35	a
1946	29.67	d	33.93		53.29		68.25	b	67.57	a	81.66	a	85.26		81.55		72.50		59.68		38.15	d	32.74		58.69
1947	33.55		25.46		36.30	h	52.24	a	67.27	a	74.00	c	85.10		91.97		77.83	a	71.07	a	36.10		27.97		58.41	a
1948	24.03	a	27.52		40.90	a	65.30		70.29		76.90	a	85.97		84.65		80.50		63.73	a	42.27		30.68	c	57.73
1949	21.23		27.57		41.81		64.46	b	76.35		84.26	g	90.71		89.27	a	72.23		62.17	a	53.13		32.71		57.42	a
1950	17.06		30.61		35.32		49.14	b	65.45		80.60		81.40	a	81.00	d	74.79	a	66.16		41.90		28.93	b	54.36
1951	25.39		36.18		31.10		51.97		70.13	a	72.83		81.52		80.03		68.27		59.35		38.17		23.27	a	53.18
1952	22.94		33.54	a	32.97		61.17		71.35		84.63		88.06		84.45		80.70		62.77		47.41	a	34.61	c	58.72
1953	29.48		31.32		44.29		52.27		68.84		81.83	a	86.06		84.60	a	77.80		71.10		48.87		29.23		58.81
1954	20.16		44.57		37.42		64.30		66.32		-----	z	91.57	a	85.68		74.83		57.61		53.43		32.42		57.12	a
1955	29.32		25.46		43.50	a	71.13		79.35		78.67		93.35		93.32		78.87		66.61		36.23		20.48		59.69
1956	20.74		24.52		39.84		55.10		72.45		89.43		84.06		83.74		77.73		72.48		43.70		37.35		58.43
1957	21.00		32.93		41.74		57.59	a	66.58		78.03		89.97		84.29		72.07		57.42		42.57		40.74	d	57.08
1958	34.81		29.79		38.19		58.53		77.32		78.30		83.58		91.32		79.93	a	68.04	c	47.67		28.50	a	59.66
1959	22.03	a	25.59	a	47.90		63.46	b	71.39		85.56	l	88.93	a	91.47	a	75.11	b	56.00	c	-----	z	-----	z	60.21	c
1960	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	61.71	f	71.81		76.27		88.52		87.55		75.63		64.74		48.33		30.63	a	67.93	d
1961	25.29		33.86		46.06		55.20		67.29		81.97		86.65		87.16		72.40		64.94		43.23		25.48		57.46
1962	24.29		26.50		32.06		58.63		72.84		76.67		80.94		83.71		72.27		64.42		48.97		33.13	a	56.20
1963	16.19		31.68		48.80	a	60.12	f	70.23	e	82.72	e	86.14	i	83.93	a	76.90	a	71.00		48.70		23.17	a	55.33	b
1964	32.03		37.52		38.45		61.60		76.29		83.90		91.58		83.03	a	74.40		64.42		43.67		24.77		59.31
1965	21.42		28.96	a	31.55		59.50		74.23		79.73		85.68		86.06		62.43		65.35		44.67		36.26		56.32
1966	17.48		27.07		49.94		53.57		72.00		81.50		93.13		81.90		72.37		62.81		42.93		30.07	a	57.06
1967	27.90		29.07		49.19		59.30		69.42		78.10		85.87		85.58		75.20		60.94		43.70		31.81		58.01
1968	25.55		28.55		57.80	a	62.03		66.77	a	82.40		84.80	a	85.81		74.50		61.03		41.47		23.74		57.87
1969	16.55		28.50		32.26		61.60		74.42		75.69	a	86.35		88.61		77.13		52.65		43.77		29.65		55.60
1970	16.16		34.29		38.16		57.87		75.77		83.40		90.55		88.57	a	78.17		58.19		39.87		26.52		57.29
1971	17.19		28.96		41.58		61.97		70.19		84.20		83.97		91.61		74.86	a	62.74		43.03		26.77		57.26
1972	19.29		24.97		42.48		57.50		71.00		80.77		82.74		83.26		75.00		57.68		-----	z	-----	z	59.47	b
1973	27.03		32.11		47.61		59.37		71.58		83.97		87.97		89.87		70.37		63.68		41.07		25.45		58.34
1974	24.10		34.18		46.97	a	62.57		69.10		81.57		94.19		83.16		76.17		67.45		45.43		33.19		59.84
1975	27.32		25.71		36.84		49.63		74.39		79.80		92.61		85.94		71.87		65.65		43.57		28.52		56.82
1976	24.97		40.48		45.32		66.47		74.35		87.23		94.26		93.29		79.97		57.03		40.17		30.48		61.17
1977	16.79	b	38.32		45.45		67.27		79.52		83.57		91.97		81.81		74.03		59.32		38.97		23.48		58.37
1978	10.81		18.89		42.87		55.63		72.29		81.73		84.29		84.81		81.13		62.84		41.27		25.16		55.14
1979	10.68		19.89		36.13		55.43		69.26		80.60		83.74		80.32		78.77		61.16		40.90		39.00		54.66
1980	27.00		27.62		41.63	a	65.83		75.06		83.97	a	90.13	a	83.84		79.70		60.65		47.90		32.00		59.61
1981	33.84		37.93		54.50	a	69.90		71.47	a	84.03		86.74		82.29		79.00		58.55		49.03		26.19		61.12
1982	12.20	a	-----	z	40.84		58.70		71.87	a	77.53		87.23		84.83	a	71.80		58.40	a	38.80		34.30	a	57.86	a
1983	31.10		35.32		41.30	a	51.48	a	69.13		78.00	a	87.27	a	90.62	b	77.41	a	61.32	c	41.40		11.10	b	56.29
1984	24.32		36.79	a	37.13	a	56.67		69.60	a	79.93		85.00		86.77		72.47		62.44	d	47.14	a	30.46	e	57.39
1985	26.32	c	29.85	a	51.04	c	67.37		76.43	a	77.81	d	86.19		79.53	a	68.13		60.24	b	26.54	b	19.79	c	55.77
1986	29.83	b	24.44	a	46.47	a	57.76	a	71.74		81.52	c	86.20	a	80.88	e	70.03	a	-----	z	38.11	l	37.57	a	58.64	b
1987	34.10	a	43.37	a	46.48		69.60		79.84		85.30		88.23		80.92	e	74.67		56.73	a	45.80		30.93	a	61.33
1988	18.16		23.29	a	44.81		59.00		75.84		88.27		89.55		86.03		74.23		56.97		42.30		33.34	b	57.65
1989	35.13	a	17.21		37.13		59.60		70.84		78.70		87.39		83.06		72.80		63.29		38.17	a	19.24	b	55.21
1990	37.16		35.46	d	47.03		58.90		67.03		79.83		80.39		82.97		79.13		59.55		45.63		26.46	e	58.30
1991	21.87	a	39.29		46.32		59.70		70.19		82.03		83.68		84.48		72.63		57.48		32.59	a	34.32		57.05
1992	34.42		35.64	a	46.90		53.47		71.97		76.60		73.39		74.10		69.40		57.29		31.97		23.10	a	54.02
1993	20.10		18.14		34.23		51.80		66.00		71.53		79.00	n	79.87		66.30		57.23		37.17		27.87		48.20	a
1994	11.39		20.00		43.94		56.83		73.43	a	79.00		79.65		78.42		75.07		60.65		44.73		27.35		54.20
1995	22.71		29.32		42.00	c	48.60		63.26		78.70		84.13		84.32		70.55	a	54.26		35.41	a	27.90		53.43
1996	17.00		30.07		35.32		53.80		63.29		79.43		79.84		81.48		69.07		58.68		29.40		16.42		51.15
1997	15.43	a	26.67	a	37.58		51.13		64.00		81.57		82.94		80.23		75.33		62.13		36.53		33.45		53.92
1998	25.13		39.21		34.00		59.17		74.77		75.27		83.87		83.58		80.30		60.26		43.63		34.65		57.82
1999	23.20	a	39.57		45.71		56.17		69.10		77.03		86.48		83.35		70.77		61.00		54.87		36.81		58.67
2000	28.26		42.10		53.19		57.33		71.77		77.87		85.03		83.26		76.37		62.87		30.40		14.48		56.91
2001	26.00	a	19.74	a	33.23		57.17		69.97		80.27		86.90		85.58		72.97		59.94		54.27		30.87		56.41
2002	30.87		40.25		31.29		58.67		66.90		83.67		90.10		79.68		74.27		49.21	b	45.35	d	36.97	a	57.27
2003	27.59	d	31.00	e	47.45	b	60.54	b	67.10		76.33		83.81		84.57	a	72.34	a	64.20	a	40.77	d	32.89	c	57.38
2004	26.42	e	30.50	c	50.32	c	64.61	b	68.90	a	75.17	a	79.71		76.35		75.55	a	61.00	b	47.34	a	36.07	d	57.66
2005	25.00	e	39.52	c	45.74		62.57		67.40	a	79.07		86.13	a	81.90		79.14	a	61.96	c	50.16	e	25.70	d	58.69
2006	37.30	a	35.04	c	42.63	a	62.73		71.74		80.93	a	90.61		81.52		66.61	b	57.30	d	46.96	d	36.85	d	59.19
2007	27.30	a	22.19	b	46.87		56.23		72.39		78.70		85.97		81.90		74.41	a	62.03	a	45.17	a	24.70	a	56.49
2008	23.39	c	25.93		38.16		55.60		66.23	a	75.47		83.35		81.94		73.73		57.55		42.35	d	23.36	f	56.70	a
2009	24.41	d	33.69	b	45.15	d	55.97		71.67	a	73.43		77.39		77.58		72.33		47.42		52.38	a	21.16		54.38
2010	19.59	d	24.28	c	44.71		64.00		67.32		77.13		81.87		83.10		69.33		64.59	b	43.39	b	25.07	c	55.37
2011	18.80	a	25.83	d	36.53	a	52.79	a	66.63	a	76.07	a	86.16		80.29		70.83		63.42		47.30		36.70	a	55.11
2012	34.35		35.24		61.23		63.03		70.81		82.07		91.00		83.29		77.43		55.87		46.47		29.32		60.84
2013	29.90		29.86		35.48		49.73		67.10		76.63		80.61		79.06		77.73		55.55		40.83		20.00		53.54
2014	23.39		21.61		37.03		56.47		67.00		75.73		78.13		77.19		70.93		60.90		34.43		30.06		52.74
2015	27.71		23.14		49.71		63.17		66.68		77.43		81.45		78.13		76.87		61.97		47.33		30.87		57.04
2016	24.29		34.21		49.52		57.43		69.42		82.20		82.65		80.84		73.33		60.71		51.43		25.48		57.63
2017	24.84		39.89		42.23		58.00		66.81		79.80		84.90		75.39		73.20		62.26		44.47		31.81		56.97
2018	27.29		26.50		42.90		47.13		78.74		85.00		85.58		84.13		76.93		58.19		41.70		38.55		57.72
2019	28.13		20.64		41.13		58.97		67.45		83.83		86.61		81.52		77.57		53.06		39.17		29.13		55.60
2020	24.58		29.17		46.55		55.20		64.94		82.07		84.45		83.39		72.43		51.84		48.33		35.10		56.50
2021	30.45		19.86		50.77		55.63		67.68		86.80		86.06		84.90		77.30		63.55		47.10		33.68		58.65
2022	27.84		30.36		44.48		51.97		66.77		80.67		85.06		83.03		84.82	m	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	58.77	d
2023	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	82.67	u	82.45		85.87		81.13		60.19		49.67		40.26		66.60	f
2024	21.52		40.86		47.74		58.56	e	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	42.17	h
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN	24.70		29.65		42.74		58.79		70.42		79.77		86.23		84.15		75.18		61.49		43.51		30.06		57.36
S.D.	7.18		6.93		6.58		5.04		4.53		4.09		4.59		3.87		4.22		4.75		5.95		6.09		2.21
SKEW	-0.03		-0.18		0.10		0.10		0.66		0.61		0.26		0.30		-0.13		-0.01		-0.44		-0.42		0.03
MAX	40.29		45.64		61.23		71.13		87.94		95.30		101.61		93.58		84.96		73.40		55.03		42.71		63.63
MIN	9.68		6.17		28.53		47.13		59.97		70.00		73.39		74.10		62.43		47.42		25.00		11.10		51.15
YRS	120		120		122		122		127		118		126		128		126		118		113		118		86