South Dakota Snow Day Calculator
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South Dakota ZIP Code Coverage
Eastern South Dakota - Sioux Falls Metro
Western South Dakota - Black Hills Region
Northeast - Aberdeen Area
East Central - Watertown Region
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South Dakota Snow Statistics & Information
Geographic Features
- •Black Hills
- •Badlands
- •Missouri River
- •James River
- •Pine Ridge
Snow Statistics
Annual Average Snowfall
45 inches
Snow Days per Year
50 days
School Information
Average Snow Days
7 days/year
School Districts
149
South Dakota Historical Snow Events
April 1998 Blizzard
1998-04-25Snowfall: 46.1 inches
Record snowfall in Lead, widespread power outages
Christmas Blizzard of 2016
2016-12-25Snowfall: 24.9 inches
Holiday travel disrupted, multiple counties declared emergencies
March 2019 Bomb Cyclone
2019-03-13Snowfall: 18 inches
Historic flooding and extended school closures across the state
South Dakota Snow Facts
The Black Hills region can receive over 200 inches of snow annually
South Dakota's record low temperature is -58°F, recorded in McIntosh on February 17, 1936
The state experiences an average of 15 blizzards each winter season
Lead, SD holds the record for the most snowfall in one day at 46.1 inches
The state maintains over 7,800 miles of highway during winter conditions
South Dakota was one of the first states to use snow gates for driveway clearing