Mitchell, SD: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 47.1°F in Mitchell, SD, the coldest April since 2023, 49th coldest of 125.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 47.1°F; Coldest since 2023; 49th coldest of 125
Precipitation: 2.61 in; Wettest since 2024; 51st wettest of 130

A normal April in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.4°F, between 42.1°F and 51.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.15 in of precipitation, between 0.92 in and 4.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Mitchell, SD since 1896: 47.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 37.9°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 42.1 to 51.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Mitchell, SD from 1896 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	47.1	77	60.4	69	33.8	87	2.61	51	0
2025	47.9	61	60.5	68	35.4	60	2.53	54	0
2024	49.8	37	61.6	52	37.9	22	4.20	19	0
2023	46.9	79	60.4	69	33.4	92	0.53	125	0
2022	43.9	104	56.9	97	30.8	113	1.79	74	0
2021	48	60	60.7	62	35.4	60	1.35	92	0
2020	46.1	86	58.6	86	33.6	90	0.78	120	0
2019	46.4	81	56.1	103	36.6	43	3.16	34	0
2018	38.7	124	49.2	129	28.3	124	1.64	80	0
2017	48.8	52	60.6	65	37	38	3.17	33	0
2016	48.6	54	59.9	74	37.2	33	5.37	7	0
2015	51.7	17	65.5	16	37.9	22	1.42	87	0
2014	47.2	76	60.3	71	34.2	83	0.53	125	0
2013	39.4	123	50.3	125	28.5	123	2.66	48	0
2012	52.3	13	64.6	24	40	13	4.75	12	0
2011	45.7	91	54.7	111	36.7	42	1.24	103	0
2010	53.5	10	65.2	17	41.8	4	1.25	101	0
2009	45.5	93	56.9	97	34.1	84	0.87	117	0
2008	44	103	57.1	94	31	111	0.92	115	0
2007	46.3	82	58.2	90	34.5	77	1.32	94	0
2006	53.1	11	64.8	21	41.3	7	3.30	29	0
2005	50.7	24	63.5	37	37.9	22	2.20	66	0
2004	49.3	43	64.1	31	34.5	77	1.15	107	0
2003	49.3	43	61.1	60	37.5	27	2.30	62	0
2002	48.2	58	61.7	49	34.6	74	1.39	89	1
2001	47.9	61	58.3	88	37.5	27	4.35	14	0
2000	47.9	61	60.6	65	35.2	67	1.53	85	0
1999	47.6	65	57.7	91	37.4	30	5.19	8	1
1998	47.5	67	59.1	82	35.9	52	3.71	23	1
1997	42.2	113	53.5	116	31	111	2.09	70	0
1996	43	110	55.3	106	30.1	117	0.95	114	2
1995	40.7	120	49.5	127	31.9	106	6.71	3	0
1994	46.6	80	60.3	71	33	97	2.76	43	0
1993	44.7	97	55	108	34.4	80	2.83	41	0
1992	43.3	108	54.6	113	32.1	104	1.95	72	0
1991	49.2	46	61.6	52	36.9	39	3.50	25	0
1990	47.4	70	60.7	62	34.4	80	0.99	112	2
1989	49.6	39	62.7	44	36.5	46	0.69	121	0
1988	47	78	59.6	76	34.5	77	3.19	32	1
1987	53.7	8	67	9	40.3	11	0.37	128	0
1986	47.6	65	57	96	38.1	21	7.07	2	0
1985	52.1	14	65.1	19	39.8	14	3.92	21	1
1984	46.1	86	55	108	37.2	33	6.19	4	0
1983	41.7	117	50.9	124	32.5	102	2.62	50	0
1982							0.87	117	4
1981	54.3	7	66.7	10	42	2	2.73	45	0
1980	50.4	30	64.5	25	36.3	48	0.98	113	0
1979	43.8	106	54.8	110	32.8	100	2.92	39	0
1978	45.2	95	53.5	116	36.8	41	3.75	22	0
1977	53.1	11	65.2	17	41.4	6	2.38	60	1
1976	51.2	21	63.3	38	39.3	16	2.76	43	1
1975	40.9	119	49.5	127	32.3	103	1.79	74	0
1974	47.4	70	60.7	62	34.6	74	1.17	106	1
1972	47.3	74	59.6	76	35	70	1.27	99	0
1971	50.1	32	64.2	29	36	50	2.48	56	0
1970	47.4	70	60.1	73	34.6	74	4.27	16	0
1969	51.8	15	64.8	21	38.9	19	1.30	96	0
1968	49.7	38	63.9	34	35.4	60	4.34	15	0
1967	49.6	39	62.6	45	36.6	43	1.23	105	0
1966	43.5	107	56.7	100	30.3	115	1.36	91	0
1965	48.9	50	62.1	47	35.8	56	2.60	52	0
1964	50.7	24	63.6	35	37.7	26	2.72	46	0
1963	50.7	24	64	33	37.5	27	2.02	71	0
1962	49.5	41	63.2	40	35.9	52	2.24	64	0
1961	44.9	96	58.4	87	31.4	109	1.80	73	0
1960	48.2	58	59.7	75	36.6	43	2.25	63	0
1959	48.9	50	64.1	31	33.7	88	0.65	123	0
1958	47.8	64	60.6	65	35.2	67	3.57	24	1
1957	46.3	82	58.3	88	34.3	82	2.35	61	0
1956	43.3	108	56.9	97	29.6	118	1.60	81	0
1955	56.9	1	72.4	1	41.3	7	5.66	6	0
1954	51.1	22	66.5	11	35.7	57	2.21	65	0
1953	43	110	53.9	115	32	105	4.23	18	0
1952	50.1	32	62.8	43	37.3	32	0.82	119	0
1951	42.1	114	51.3	122	32.9	98	1.25	101	0
1950	41.4	118	52.1	121	30.8	113	1.58	82	0
1949	50.1	32	64.2	29	35.9	52	0.61	124	1
1948	55.2	3	67.9	7	42.5	1	3.15	35	0
1947	44.5	99	55.1	107	33.9	86	2.98	38	0
1946	54.9	4	70	3	40.2	12	1.47	86	1
1945	45.9	88	58.9	84	32.9	98	1.10	108	1
1944	44.4	100	53.5	116	35.4	60	3.35	27	0
1943	51.6	19	66.1	12	37.1	36	1.09	110	0
1942	54.4	6	68.2	6	40.6	10	1.32	94	0
1941	51.7	17	61.7	49	41.7	5	5.14	9	0
1940	47.3	74	59.2	81	35.3	66	2.43	59	0
1939	48.6	54	62.4	46	34.8	72	1.30	96	0
1938	50.7	24	63	42	38.4	20	3.44	26	0
1937	45.3	94	55.5	105	35	70	3.31	28	0
1936	44.4	100	57.1	94	31.6	108	1.69	78	0
1935	44.7	97	54	114	35.4	60	5.10	10	0
1934	51.5	20	66	13	36.9	39	0.05	130	0
1933	48.6	54	61.6	52	35.7	57	0.67	122	0
1932	50.3	31	61.3	57	39.3	16	1.70	77	0
1931	50.5	29	65.6	15	35.4	60	0.38	127	0
1930	51.8	15	64.3	28	39.3	16	1.71	76	0
1929	49.1	49	61.2	58	37.1	36	3.07	37	0
1928	42.4	112	56.1	103	28.6	122	1.00	111	0
1927	47.4	70	57.4	92	37.4	30	7.34	1	0
1926	49.2	46	65.7	14	32.8	100	0.23	129	0
1925	56.4	2	70.7	2	42	2	1.54	84	0
1924	49.2	46	63.6	35	34.8	72	1.40	88	0
1923	47.5	67	61.7	49	33.3	95	2.51	55	0
1922	49.4	42	61.6	52	37.2	33	1.24	103	0
1921	50.6	28	64.7	23	36.4	47	2.70	47	0
1920	40.4	122	51.1	123	29.5	119	2.55	53	1
1919	45.6	92	56.4	101	35.2	67	4.59	13	2
1918	42	115	54.7	111	29.2	120	2.82	42	0
1917	41.9	116	52.7	120	31.3	110	3.13	36	1
1916	43.9	104	56.4	101	31.8	107	2.18	67	2
1915	54.5	5	68.4	5	41	9	2.65	49	1
1914	45.9	88	59.3	79	33.7	88	2.44	58	2
1913	48.4	57	61.9	48	35.9	52	3.30	29	1
1912	49.3	43	63.1	41	35.6	59	3.96	20	0
1911	46.3	82	59.3	79	33.2	96	2.14	68	2
1910			68.7	4	34.1	84	1.27	99	6
1909	40.5	121	53.2	119	27.8	125	1.37	90	0
1908	50	36	65	20	33.6	90	3.24	31	3
1907	37.9	125	49.9	126	26	126	1.68	79	0
1906	51.1	22	64.4	26	37.8	25	2.84	40	1
1905	47.5	67	61	61	33.4	92	0.92	115	2
1904			57.3	93			2.47	57	7
1903			63.3	38			1.10	108	9
1902			59.1	82			1.55	83	11
1901	50.1	32	64.4	26	36	50	1.34	93	3
1900	53.7	8	67.8	8	39.6	15	4.24	17	0
1899	44.2	102	59.4	78	28.9	121	2.13	69	0
1898	45.8	90	61.4	56	30.3	115	1.30	96	0
1897	46.2	85	58.8	85	33.4	92	4.79	11	3
1896	48.7	53	61.2	58	36.1	49	5.70	5	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1955	56.9
1925	56.4
1948	55.2
1946	54.9
1915	54.5
1942	54.4
1981	54.3
1987	53.7
1900	53.7
2010	53.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	37.9
2018	38.7
2013	39.4
1920	40.4
1909	40.5
1995	40.7
1975	40.9
1950	41.4
1983	41.7
1917	41.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	7.34
1986	7.07
1995	6.71
1984	6.19
1896	5.70
1955	5.66
2016	5.37
1999	5.19
1941	5.14
1935	5.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.05
1926	0.23
1987	0.37
1931	0.38
2023	0.53
2014	0.53
1949	0.61
1959	0.65
1933	0.67
1989	0.69

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 9 April 2026, 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.09 in; 26 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 2.61 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the wettest April since 2024, 51st wettest of 130.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 92°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Mitchell, SD: a low of 20°F on Thursday 9 April 2026 and Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 1.09 in on Sunday 26 April 2026.