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Seneca town, South Dakota

Official LSAD Designation: Seneca town • Census GEOID: 4658180 • Faulk County

Climate Normals & Weather Observations

30-year climate normals (1991–2020) and weather observations for Seneca town.

Reference Weather Station: HIGHMORE 23 N, SD US (ID: USC00393838) • Located 15.0 miles from community center • Elevation: 570.0 m
Month Average High (°F) Average Low (°F) Mean Temp (°F) Precipitation (in)
January 24.4° 4.9° 14.7° 0.36"
February 30.0° 9.6° 19.8° 0.57"
March 42.2° 20.1° 31.1° 0.74"
April 56.7° 30.0° 43.3° 1.81"
May 68.4° 41.5° 54.9° 2.77"
June 78.2° 52.8° 65.5° 3.08"
July 84.7° 57.9° 71.3° 3.44"
August 83.6° 56.0° 69.8° 3.21"
September 74.6° 47.1° 60.8° 2.20"
October 58.2° 33.8° 46.0° 1.61"
November 42.3° 20.2° 31.3° 0.52"
December 28.6° 9.3° 18.9° 0.70"

Annual Temperature History

2010–2025, completed calendar years only.

NOAA station FAULKTON 1 NW, SD US (ID: USC00392927) • 18.4 miles from community center .

This annual reference station differs from the monthly normals station (ID: USC00393838), which has no available annual mean history.

Annual mean Annual mean of daily highs Annual mean of daily lows
Annual temperature history at FAULKTON 1 NW, SD US Year is the horizontal axis. Annual mean temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is the vertical axis. Dots show recorded years; lines connect consecutive available years only. Missing years are gaps, with no interpolation. Optional dashed lines show annual mean of daily highs and lows. Exact values appear in the data table below. 27.0 36.3 45.5 54.8 64.0 2010 2014 2018 2021 2025 Year Annual mean temperature (°F) 2010: Annual mean 43.9°F 2011: Annual mean 43.5°F 2012: Annual mean 47.5°F 2013: Annual mean 41.9°F 2014: Annual mean 42.0°F 2015: Annual mean 46.2°F 2016: Annual mean 47.0°F 2017: Annual mean 45.1°F 2018: Annual mean 42.7°F 2019: Annual mean 40.4°F 2020: Annual mean 45.2°F 2021: Annual mean 47.1°F 2022: Annual mean 43.8°F 2023: Annual mean 45.4°F 2010: Annual mean of daily highs 54.7°F 2011: Annual mean of daily highs 54.4°F 2012: Annual mean of daily highs 60.4°F 2013: Annual mean of daily highs 53.1°F 2014: Annual mean of daily highs 53.7°F 2015: Annual mean of daily highs 58.2°F 2016: Annual mean of daily highs 58.8°F 2017: Annual mean of daily highs 57.3°F 2018: Annual mean of daily highs 54.1°F 2019: Annual mean of daily highs 49.9°F 2020: Annual mean of daily highs 56.4°F 2021: Annual mean of daily highs 59.3°F 2022: Annual mean of daily highs 56.1°F 2023: Annual mean of daily highs 56.8°F 2010: Annual mean of daily lows 33.1°F 2011: Annual mean of daily lows 32.7°F 2012: Annual mean of daily lows 34.6°F 2013: Annual mean of daily lows 30.6°F 2014: Annual mean of daily lows 30.3°F 2015: Annual mean of daily lows 34.1°F 2016: Annual mean of daily lows 35.2°F 2017: Annual mean of daily lows 32.8°F 2018: Annual mean of daily lows 31.4°F 2019: Annual mean of daily lows 31.0°F 2020: Annual mean of daily lows 34.0°F 2021: Annual mean of daily lows 35.0°F 2022: Annual mean of daily lows 31.4°F 2023: Annual mean of daily lows 34.0°F 2024: Annual mean of daily lows 35.5°F

Source: NOAA NCEI Global Summary of the Year.

Annual temperature data table (°F)
Annual station temperatures, 2010–2025. Unavailable means no reported value.
Year Annual mean (°F) Annual mean of daily highs (°F) Annual mean of daily lows (°F)
2010 43.9 54.7 33.1
2011 43.5 54.4 32.7
2012 47.5 60.4 34.6
2013 41.9 53.1 30.6
2014 42.0 53.7 30.3
2015 46.2 58.2 34.1
2016 47.0 58.8 35.2
2017 45.1 57.3 32.8
2018 42.7 54.1 31.4
2019 40.4 49.9 31.0
2020 45.2 56.4 34.0
2021 47.1 59.3 35.0
2022 43.8 56.1 31.4
2023 45.4 56.8 34.0
2024 Unavailable Unavailable 35.5
2025 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, National Weather Service.