Aberdeen, SD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 19.4°F in Aberdeen, SD, the warmest winter since 2024, 22nd warmest of 127.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 19.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 22nd warmest of 127
Precipitation: 1.38 in; Driest since 2025; 55th driest of 128

A normal winter in Aberdeen, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 15.9°F, between 8.7°F and 22.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.53 in of precipitation, between 1.10 in and 2.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Aberdeen, SD since 1895: 19.4°F in 2026; the highest is 27.8°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 8.7 to 22.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Aberdeen, SD from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	19.4	22	30.6	18	8.3	25	1.38	74	0
2025	16.3	50	27.8	40	4.7	56	0.93	110	0
2024	25.5	3	35.1	3	15.9	3	2.49	30	0
2023	13.3	75	23.1	81	3.4	70	2.58	26	0
2022	15.5	54	28.1	35	3	76	1.61	65	0
2021	21	15	31.6	15	10.4	15	0.96	106	0
2020	17	41	26.4	56	7.6	37	1.42	72	0
2019	11.5	95	21.6	101	1.4	90	3.25	15	0
2018	13.7	71	26	59	1.5	89	1.22	88	0
2017	17.4	38	26.6	51	8.1	29	2.46	32	0
2016	22.7	8	31.3	17	14.1	7	1.33	79	0
2015	17.8	34	27.4	44	8.3	25	1.30	82	0
2014	7.4	119	19.3	114	-4.6	127	1.32	80	0
2013	14.5	62	25	63	4.1	59	2.59	25	0
2012	23.1	6	35	4	11.3	12	1.90	49	0
2011	9.8	106	19.2	115	0.4	99	3.99	8	0
2010	10.2	101	18.7	116	1.7	87	2.68	23	0
2009	9.9	105	21.1	105	-1.3	112	2.43	33	0
2008	10.2	101	21.9	95	-1.5	114	1.21	89	0
2007	15.1	56	26.6	51	3.6	67	2.13	42	0
2006	21.5	13	29.4	26	13.7	8	1.64	59	0
2005	18.7	27	29.4	26	8	32	1.37	75	0
2004	16.8	45	26.3	57	7.4	39	1.61	65	0
2003	16.8	45	27.7	42	5.9	48	0.99	105	0
2002	21.9	11	31.4	16	12.4	9	0.36	126	0
2001	7.7	117	18	124	-2.6	119	1.67	58	0
2000	21.4	14	33.3	9	9.5	18	1.11	97	0
1999	19.8	20	30	22	9.6	16	1.01	104	0
1998	22.3	9	30.3	20	14.4	5	1.56	67	0
1997	7.8	116	17.5	126	-2	117	3.09	20	0
1996	12.7	81	22.2	92	3.1	75	2.57	27	0
1995	14.5	62	24.2	71	4.8	55	1.50	69	0
1994	8.8	111	18.4	121	-0.9	108	1.78	54	0
1993	12.1	86	21.8	99	2.4	81	1.30	82	0
1992	24.7	5	34.3	6	15.1	4	1.26	85	0
1991	16.7	47	27.8	40	5.6	50	1.18	92	0
1990	18.5	30	28.9	29	8.1	29	0.67	119	0
1989	13.4	73	24.1	73	2.6	79	2.26	39	0
1988	16.3	50	26.8	49	5.9	48	0.75	116	0
1987	25.6	2	36.9	2	14.3	6	1.21	89	0
1986	12.4	83	21.6	101	3.2	71	1.71	56	0
1985	12.5	82	23	82	2	84	0.92	111	0
1984	14.8	59	23	82	6.6	43	1.72	55	0
1983	25.2	4	34	7	16.5	1	0.51	124	0
1982			18.5	120	-1.1	109	1.15	94	13
1981	21	15	32.4	12	9.6	16	0.46	125	0
1980	17.8	34	28.1	35	7.6	37	1.09	98	0
1979	4.1	126	13.6	130	-5.5	129	1.85	50	0
1978	5.1	124	13.3	131	-3.1	122	1.21	89	0
1977	13	78	23.9	74	2.2	82	1.55	68	0
1976	18.6	29	28.6	31	8.6	23	1.63	62	0
1975	18.3	31	29.3	28	7.3	40	1.16	93	0
1974	12	87	21.5	103	2.6	79	0.75	116	0
1973	17	41	26.7	50	7.3	40	1.24	87	0
1972	9.5	108	20	110	-1.1	109	1.25	86	0
1971	11.3	97	22.1	94	0.5	97	0.95	107	0
1970	11.9	90	22.4	90	1.4	90	1.09	98	0
1969	11.8	91	20.4	109	3.2	71	3.59	10	0
1968	14.2	66	24.5	69	3.9	62	0.72	118	0
1967	15.5	54	27.7	42	3.2	71	0.95	107	0
1966	11.6	94	22.2	92	1	96	1.06	102	0
1965	6.6	123	18.6	118	-5.3	128	0.63	120	0
1964	16.5	48	28	38	5	54	0.90	112	0
1963	12.9	80	24.7	68	1.1	94	0.94	109	0
1962	10.1	103	20.6	107	-0.4	104	2.50	29	0
1961	14.1	68	24.2	71	4	61	1.08	100	0
1960	16.4	49	25	63	7.9	33	2.26	39	0
1959	9.3	110	20.6	107	-2.1	118	1.36	77	0
1958	19.3	23	30.4	19	8.1	29	2.05	43	0
1957	14.4	64	25	63	3.9	62	1.15	94	0
1956	7.3	120	18.7	116	-4	125	2.67	24	0
1955	14.6	61	24.8	66	4.3	57	2.02	44	0
1954	18.7	27	28.8	30	8.6	23	1.35	78	0
1953	17.4	38	27.1	45	7.8	35	2.31	37	0
1952	9.5	108	19.5	113	-0.6	106	5.30	3	0
1951	12	87	22.8	85	1.2	92	1.96	47	0
1950	7.5	118	18.6	118	-3.6	124	1.99	46	0
1949	9.8	106	21.1	105	-1.4	113	0.77	115	0
1948	10.7	100	21.8	99	-0.5	105	0.87	114	0
1947	19.3	23	29.9	24	8.7	22	0.61	121	0
1946	13.8	70	25.5	62	2	84	1.69	57	0
1945	18.2	32	28.5	32	7.8	35	1.62	64	0
1944	21.6	12	34.4	5	8.8	21	1.37	75	0
1943	12.3	84	22.7	88	2	84	2.18	41	0
1942	21	15	32.7	10	9.4	19	0.26	127	0
1941	17	41	26.6	51	6.5	44	1.47	70	5
1940	15.1	56	26.2	58	4.3	57	1.07	101	2
1939	13.7	71	24.8	66	2.7	78	2.47	31	0
1938	12.2	85	22.8	85	1.7	87	2.41	34	0
1937	8.8	111	17.4	127	0.3	100	4.31	6	2
1936	2.2	127	10.7	132	-6.3	130	3.75	9	0
1935	19.2	26	27.1	45	11.1	13	1.63	62	3
1934	19.8	20	30	22	9	20	1.45	71	9
1933	17.8	34	28.5	32	6.3	45	1.79	53	3
1932	17	41	26.6	51	7.2	42	2.40	35	2
1931	27.8	1	39.1	1	16.3	2	0.57	123	3
1930	17.9	33	26.9	47	8.3	25	2.01	45	5
1929	13.2	77	21.4	104	3.6	67	3.31	14	7
1928	13.4	73	21.9	95	5.2	53	3.00	21	9
1927	17.6	37	26.9	47	8.3	25	1.64	59	2
1926	22	10	32	14	12.1	10	0.90	112	2
1925	13.9	69	24.4	70	3.2	71	2.39	36	2
1924	20.8	18	32.2	13	7.9	33	1.32	80	6
1923	14.4	64	23.3	80	5.5	52	3.20	18	3
1922	13.3	75	22.4	90	3.9	62	4.20	7	6
1921	22.9	7	33.8	8	12	11	1.13	96	1
1920	15	58	23.8	75	6	47	1.64	59	4
1919	20.1	19	29.5	25	10.6	14	1.95	48	4
1918	6.7	122	17.8	125	-4.5	126	1.81	51	6
1917	4.9	125	16.6	129	-7.4	131	4.75	4	6
1916	11.8	91	22.8	85	0.1	101			4
1915	11.7	93	23.4	78	0	102	5.55	2	1
1914	16	52	28.5	32	4.1	59	1.30	82	4
1913	14.2	66	27.9	39	0.5	97	1.39	73	2
1912	8.3	115	18.4	121	-1.9	116			2
1911	11.1	98	23	82	-1.1	109	2.27	38	4
1910	6.8	121	16.9	128	-3.2	123	4.72	5	1
1909	11.5	95	21.9	95	1.2	92	3.25	15	4
1908	19.3	23	32.7	10	6.3	45	3.46	12	4
1907	8.4	114	19.8	112	-3	121	2.84	22	0
1906			26.6	51	5.6	50	1.04	103	11
1905			23.7	76	-0.8	107	3.25	15	12
1904			18.2	123			3.55	11	17
1903	8.5	113	20	110	-2.9	120	3.20	18	8
1902	13	78	23.7	76	2.1	83			8
1901	14.8	59	26	59	3.8	65	0.20	128	7
1900			26	59	3	76			16
1899	10.1	103	22.7	88	-1.8	115	0.59	122	9
1898	16	52	28.1	35	3.5	69			7
1897	10.8	99	21.9	95	-0.3	103	6.34	1	1
1896	17.1	40	30.2	21	3.8	65	3.38	13	9
1895	12	87	23.4	78	1.1	94	2.57	27	9
1894							1.80	52	63
1893									42

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	27.8
1987	25.6
2024	25.5
1983	25.2
1992	24.7
2012	23.1
1921	22.9
2016	22.7
1998	22.3
1926	22

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	2.2
1979	4.1
1917	4.9
1978	5.1
1965	6.6
1918	6.7
1910	6.8
1956	7.3
2014	7.4
1950	7.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	6.34
1915	5.55
1952	5.30
1917	4.75
1910	4.72
1937	4.31
1922	4.20
2011	3.99
1936	3.75
1969	3.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	0.20
1942	0.26
2002	0.36
1981	0.46
1983	0.51
1931	0.57
1899	0.59
1947	0.61
1965	0.63
1990	0.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 15 February 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.41 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.38 in of precipitation in Aberdeen, SD, the driest winter since 2025, 55th driest of 128.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Aberdeen, SD: 60°F on Sunday 15 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Aberdeen, SD: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Aberdeen, SD: 0.41 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.