Mitchell, SD: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 73.5°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest August since 2023, tied 46th warmest of 126 (with 1949 and 1901).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 73.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 46th warmest of 126
Precipitation: 1.43 in; Driest since 2022; 33rd driest of 129

A normal August in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.4°F, between 69.2°F and 74.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.43 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 4.86 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Mitchell, SD since 1896: 73.5°F in 2026; the highest is 80.3°F, in 1937.

Normal range, 69.2 to 74.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	73.5	46	85.9	57	61.1	41	1.43	96	0
2025	72.6	64	83	96	62.1	22	2.91	47	0
2024	71.5	86	82.5	103	60.5	54	1.91	82	0
2023	74.1	35	86.4	50	61.8	25	2.73	55	0
2022	74.6	30	87.4	36	61.9	24	1.33	104	0
2021	74.5	32	87.1	38	61.8	25	1.68	90	0
2020	73.9	38	85.8	59	62	23	2.46	59	0
2019	71.4	88	81	116	61.7	29	4.12	17	0
2018	73.3	51	85.1	73	61.6	33	1.94	81	0
2017	68.7	114	80	124	57.4	98	3.03	41	0
2016	73.4	49	85.1	73	61.7	29	3.31	35	0
2015	70.5	96	82.1	108	58.8	83	3.66	27	0
2014	71	92	80.7	118	61.2	37	4.82	11	0
2013	73.3	51	83.8	89	62.7	14	2.54	58	0
2012	72	76	86.7	44	57.3	99	2.06	75	0
2011	73	57	85.5	64	60.5	54	1.05	111	0
2010	75.5	18	86.5	49	64.5	5	3.68	25	0
2009	69.2	109	80.3	123	58.2	92	2.28	66	0
2008	72.7	63	85.2	68	60.3	58	0.76	120	0
2007	72.5	65	82.5	103	62.8	13	2.12	72	1
2006	73	57	83.9	88	62.2	18	5.41	8	0
2005	72.8	61	85.7	60	59.9	68	trace	129	0
2004	68.1	117	80.5	119	55.6	111	2.83	50	0
2003	74.6	30	86.7	44	62.5	16	3.68	25	1
2002	72.1	73	83	96	61.1	41	6.58	3	0
2001	74	36	87.7	34	60.3	58	0.25	127	1
2000	71.7	82	83	96	60.5	54	5.24	9	1
1999	72.3	71	84.7	77	60	63	3.13	38	0
1998	73.9	38	85.2	68	62.5	16	2.39	61	0
1997	71.6	84	82.9	100	60.3	58	1.95	77	0
1996	71.3	89	84.1	86	58.5	87	1.79	87	1
1995	75.7	17	87.3	37	64.2	6	1.03	113	0
1994	69.4	108	82.3	107	56.5	106	0.63	121	0
1993	71.9	79	82.4	105	61.2	37	1.20	109	1
1992	66.7	124	77.5	128	55.9	109	4.00	19	0
1991	74	36	86.9	40	61.1	41	0.95	116	1
1990			84.4	80			2.76	52	4
1989			85.3	67			1.72	89	6
1988	75	26	88.3	28	61.8	25	2.36	64	2
1987	70	100	81.5	112	58.5	87	1.43	96	0
1986									7
1985			78.9	127			3.29	36	4
1984	74.8	28	86.2	53	63.2	11	2.14	70	3
1983	79.6	3	91.1	10	68	1	0.26	126	2
1982	72.1	73	84.3	83	59.9	68	1.95	77	0
1981	71.7	82	82.8	101	60.6	49	3.65	28	0
1980	72.4	70	84.8	76	60	63	4.06	18	0
1979	70.8	94	80.9	117	60.6	49	1.95	77	0
1978	73.1	55	85.7	60	60.5	54	3.33	34	0
1977	68.9	112	80.4	121	57.7	96	6.62	2	1
1976	76.2	9	90.8	12	61.2	37	0.52	124	2
1975	71.8	80	86.6	47	56.9	101	2.96	45	2
1974	68.4	116	83.5	92	53.3	124	0.30	125	0
1972	73.2	54	86.3	51	60.1	61	0.57	122	0
1971	76	12	92	7	59.9	68	1.54	94	0
1970	76.4	8	91.1	10	61.6	33	1.28	107	0
1969	75.9	14	90	13	61.8	25	1.62	91	0
1968	75.3	22	88.9	21	61.7	29	1.39	99	0
1967	72.8	61	88.4	27	57.3	99	2.11	74	0
1966	69.6	106	84.5	78	54.6	115	4.19	16	0
1965	72.5	65	87.1	38	58	93	1.03	113	0
1964	69.8	103	83.4	93	56.2	107	2.90	48	0
1963	73	57	86.8	41	59.2	80	0.88	118	0
1962	72.9	60	86.1	55	59.7	74	3.76	22	0
1961	76.2	9	91.2	9	61.1	41	2.06	75	0
1960	74.5	32	89	20	60.1	61	2.76	52	0
1959	78	7	92.5	6	63.5	8	2.18	68	0
1958	74.9	27	89.8	15	60	63	3.36	32	0
1957	73.8	41	86.3	51	61.3	36	4.59	13	0
1956	71.6	84	84.1	86	59.1	81	3.88	21	0
1955	79.7	2	94	2	65.5	3	0.92	117	0
1954	72.5	65	84.4	80	60.7	47	5.57	6	0
1953	74.8	28	86.8	41	62.7	14	6.07	5	0
1952	72.5	65	85.4	66	59.6	76	4.58	14	0
1951	70	100	82.4	105	57.6	97	1.73	88	0
1950	69.7	104	83.7	90	55.4	113	2.82	51	2
1949	73.5	46	86.2	53	60.8	46	2.97	44	0
1948	73.1	55	85.2	68	61	45	1.41	98	0
1947	78.6	6	93.1	5	64.2	6	0.85	119	0
1946	69.7	104	82.7	102	56.6	104	3.34	33	0
1945	72.1	73	85.5	64	58.6	85	2.43	60	0
1944	71.3	89	83	96	59.6	76	8.49	1	0
1943	75.4	20	89.3	19	61.5	35	1.62	91	0
1942	73.3	51	86	56	60.6	49	2.12	72	0
1941	76.2	9	89.4	17	63.1	12	1.82	85	0
1940	72	76	84.4	80	59.5	78	2.99	42	0
1939	73.8	41	88.5	25	59	82	1.05	111	0
1938	79	5	94.9	1	63.4	9	0.53	123	1
1937	80.3	1	94	2	66.5	2	2.21	67	0
1936	79.1	4	93.5	4	64.8	4	2.13	71	0
1935	75.1	25	88.9	21	61.2	37	2.93	46	0
1934	73.8	41	88.1	30	59.5	78	1.30	106	0
1933	71.3	89	84.2	84	58.4	90	3.71	24	0
1932	75.4	20	88.6	24	62.2	18	2.38	62	0
1931	75.5	18	89.4	17	61.7	29	1.87	84	2
1930	75.8	16	87.9	32	63.4	9	3.61	29	1
1929	73.8	41	87.9	32	59.8	72	1.33	104	0
1928	73.4	49	86.7	44	60	63	3.11	39	0
1927	69.2	109	81.8	110	56.6	104	1.80	86	0
1926	73.8	41	87.6	35	60	63	2.64	56	0
1925	76	12	91.4	8	60.6	49	1.39	99	0
1924	71.8	80	85.2	68	58.5	87	2.37	63	0
1923	70.5	96	83.1	94	58	93	6.25	4	0
1922	75.2	24	89.9	14	60.6	49	1.35	102	0
1921	72	76	84.2	84	59.9	68	3.96	20	0
1920	71	92	86.6	47	55.7	110	3.20	37	1
1919	70.8	94	84.9	75	56.7	102	1.58	93	0
1918	71.5	86	84.5	78	58.6	85	2.75	54	0
1917	67.8	119	81.6	111	54	118	1.35	102	0
1916	70.5	96	83.1	94	57.9	95	2.84	49	0
1915	64.6	126	76.8	129	52.3	125	1.13	110	0
1914	69	111	81.5	112	56.7	102	3.10	40	1
1913	74.5	32	88.2	29	60.7	47	2.16	69	0
1912	67.6	121	80.5	119	54.6	115	5.49	7	0
1911	67.1	123	79.3	126	54.9	114	3.56	30	0
1910	67.5	122	81.4	115	53.7	122	2.98	43	0
1909	75.3	22	88.5	25	62.2	18	4.80	12	0
1908	67.8	119	81.5	112	54	118	2.58	57	0
1907	69.9	102	85.6	62	54.3	117	0.12	128	1
1906	72.5	65	85.2	68	59.8	72	4.96	10	0
1905	73.9	38	88	31	59.7	74	1.53	95	0
1904	68.8	113	83.7	90	53.9	120	1.89	83	0
1903	68.7	114	81.9	109	56	108	1.39	99	3
1902	67.9	118	80.4	121	55.5	112	4.35	15	0
1901	73.5	46	88.8	23	58.3	91	1.95	77	1
1900	75.9	14	89.6	16	62.2	18	3.51	31	0
1899	72.2	72	85.6	62	58.8	83	2.31	65	0
1898	70.3	99	86.8	41	53.9	120	1.21	108	0
1897	65.7	125	80	124	51.3	126	3.74	23	1
1896	69.6	106	85.9	57	53.4	123	0.96	115	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	80.3
1955	79.7
1983	79.6
1936	79.1
1938	79
1947	78.6
1959	78
1970	76.4
1976	76.2
1961	76.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	64.6
1897	65.7
1992	66.7
1911	67.1
1910	67.5
1912	67.6
1917	67.8
1908	67.8
1902	67.9
2004	68.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	8.49
1977	6.62
2002	6.58
1923	6.25
1953	6.07
1954	5.57
1912	5.49
2006	5.41
2000	5.24
1906	4.96

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	trace
1907	0.12
2001	0.25
1983	0.26
1974	0.30
1976	0.52
1938	0.53
1972	0.57
1994	0.63
2008	0.76

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 30 August 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 5 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.77 in; 24 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.43 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the driest August since 2022, tied 33rd driest of 129 (with 1987).
The hottest day of August 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 98°F on Sunday 30 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Mitchell, SD: a low of 49°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 0.77 in on Monday 24 August 2026.