Mitchell, SD: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 49.4°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest spring since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 125 (with 2025).

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 49.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 125
Precipitation: 3.92 in; Driest since 2023; 20th driest of 130

A normal spring in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.2°F, between 42.6°F and 50.2°F in eight years of ten and 5.90 in of precipitation, between 3.45 in and 10.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Mitchell, SD since 1896: 49.4°F in 2026; the highest is 55.2°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 42.6 to 50.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring in Mitchell, 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	49.4	27	63.8	11	35	60	3.92	111	0
2025	49.4	27	62.7	21	36.1	38	6.01	75	0
2024	49	32	61.2	36	36.7	29	7.32	46	0
2023	45.7	83	57.4	86	34	82	2.30	130	0
2022	45.4	87	57.6	83	33.2	94	4.74	94	0
2021	49.9	20	62.3	24	37.5	16	6.18	69	0
2020	47.7	50	58.1	78	37.2	20	3.48	118	0
2019	43.5	108	52.7	122	34.3	75	10.20	14	0
2018	46.1	74	55.9	100	36.3	37	3.79	113	0
2017	48.2	42	59.6	58	36.9	24	5.86	81	0
2016	50.5	12	62.2	25	38.8	9	11.29	10	0
2015	50.1	18	63.4	13	36.7	29	6.32	66	0
2014	45.8	81	58.3	75	33.4	90	4.23	105	0
2013	42.1	119	52.6	125	31.7	112	8.38	34	0
2012	55.2	1	67.8	2	42.6	1	11.82	7	0
2011	45.1	91	54.3	115	35.6	47	4.70	96	3
2010	50.1	18	60.5	40	39.8	5	2.65	126	0
2009	45.9	77	58	79	33.8	86	3.19	120	0
2008	44.2	104	55.6	105	32.9	98	4.20	107	0
2007	50.3	14	61.3	34	39.4	7	8.74	28	0
2006	49.8	21	61.7	28	38	12	4.44	99	0
2005	48	46	60.5	40	35.5	49	5.04	88	0
2004	49.2	29	62	27	36.4	35	8.84	27	0
2003	47	59	58.9	67	35.1	58	4.90	91	0
2002	41.9	120	54.4	113	29.5	124	2.68	125	1
2001	44.5	101	53.9	117	35.1	58	6.43	63	0
2000	50.2	17	63.3	15	37	22	5.78	82	0
1999	48	46	59	66	36.8	27	9.32	22	3
1998	45.9	77	56.4	97	35.4	53	7.51	42	1
1997	42.7	113	53.4	120	32	107	6.78	56	1
1996	41	124	51.9	128	30	122	5.94	78	2
1995	43.3	110	52	126	34.1	80	15.73	1	3
1994	48.8	36	61.6	29	36.1	38	3.71	114	3
1993	44.8	96	55.1	106	34.2	78	9.37	21	2
1992	47.4	54	59.8	54	34.8	64	4.30	102	1
1991	48.7	37	60.4	44	37.1	21	10.50	13	0
1990	47.3	56	58.9	67	35.6	47	7.25	48	5
1989	45.1	91	57.4	86	33.2	94	4.21	106	2
1988	49.7	22	61.6	29	37.7	14	7.89	38	1
1987	51.4	3	62.9	19	40.1	3	8.89	26	1
1986	48.9	34	58.6	72	39.2	8	11.60	8	1
1985	51.2	6	63	18	39.8	5	13.08	5	4
1984							10.06	16	12
1983	43.6	107	52.8	121	34.5	69	7.48	43	1
1982	44.9	94	55.8	104	34.8	64	8.29	35	7
1981	49.7	22	62.9	19	36.5	31	5.61	83	0
1980	47	59	59.5	61	34.5	69	3.71	114	0
1979	42.9	111	53.8	118	31.9	109	8.94	25	0
1978	44.7	99	54.7	111	34.8	64	7.00	51	0
1977	51.3	5	62.5	23	40.2	2	9.57	19	1
1976	47.6	52	59.8	54	35.5	49	5.13	87	4
1975	42.2	117	53.7	119	30.9	116	3.82	112	1
1974	46.9	63	59.4	62	34	82	4.77	93	4
1972	47.2	57	58.6	72	36.1	38	12.03	6	1
1971	46.6	69	59.2	64	34	82	5.39	85	0
1970	46.7	67	59.1	65	34.3	75	7.15	49	0
1969	45.8	81	58	79	33.6	89	6.10	71	0
1968	49.5	26	64.1	9	35	60	6.44	62	0
1967	48.6	39	61.6	29	35.7	45	2.84	123	0
1966	47	59	61.3	34	32.7	100	3.38	119	0
1965	44.8	96	57.5	85	32.2	106	6.80	54	0
1964	47.5	53	60.9	38	34.1	80	6.20	68	0
1963	50.4	13	63.4	13	37.6	15	6.05	73	1
1962	46	76	57.1	89	35	60	10.84	12	0
1961	47	59	59.3	63	34.8	64	8.64	31	0
1960	42.5	115	54.5	112	30.6	119	9.82	18	0
1959	49.2	29	62.6	22	35.9	43	4.74	94	0
1958	46.5	70	58.8	69	34.4	73	6.57	58	1
1957	45.1	91	55.9	100	34.4	73	9.56	20	0
1956	44.8	96	57.6	83	32	107	5.04	88	0
1955	51.1	7	65.3	5	36.8	27	8.44	33	0
1954	45.4	87	58.3	75	32.6	102	6.23	67	0
1953	45.7	83	57.1	89	34.3	75	8.48	32	0
1952	45.6	86	56.5	96	34.6	68	2.64	127	1
1951	41.4	121	51.5	129	31.2	115	7.14	50	1
1950	41.2	123	52	126	30.3	120	6.12	70	0
1949	48.7	37	60.9	38	36.5	31	5.89	80	1
1948	48.9	34	60.5	40	37.3	19	6.08	72	0
1947	43.4	109	55.1	106	31.7	112	4.91	90	0
1946	50.9	9	64.5	8	37.5	16	6.59	57	1
1945	46.8	65	60.2	47	33.4	90	4.09	110	1
1944	45.3	89	55.1	106	35.4	53	7.40	44	0
1943	46.3	71	60	51	32.4	104	3.70	116	1
1942	49	32	59.7	57	38.3	10	15.28	2	0
1941	50.3	14	60.5	40	39.9	4	6.79	55	1
1940	45.7	83	56.9	94	34.5	69	4.63	97	0
1939	51	8	65.1	6	36.9	24	4.30	102	0
1938	49.7	22	61	37	38.3	10	11.35	9	0
1937	46.8	65	58	79	35.5	49	6.95	52	0
1936	48.2	42	60.4	44	36.1	38	5.90	79	1
1935	46.1	74	55.9	100	36.4	35	8.99	24	0
1934	53	2	67.9	1	38	12	2.82	124	0
1933	47.9	48	59.8	54	35.8	44	5.57	84	2
1932	46.2	72	57.3	88	35.2	56	5.98	77	0
1931	47.4	54	61.4	33	33.4	90	2.58	128	1
1930	47.8	49	60	51	35.7	45	6.00	76	1
1929	48.3	41	60.1	50	36.5	31	6.36	65	0
1928	47.7	50	61.5	32	33.8	86	3.14	121	0
1927	46.9	63	57	92	36.5	31	14.82	3	1
1926	49.7	22	63.9	10	35.5	49	3.53	117	0
1925	51.4	3	65.8	4	37	22	2.39	129	0
1924	44.1	106	56.4	97	31.8	111	4.35	100	1
1923	46.2	72	60.2	47	32.4	104	4.35	100	9
1922	48.6	39	60.2	47	36.9	24	4.10	109	0
1921	50.6	11	63.2	16	37.5	16	7.74	39	3
1920	44.4	103	55.9	100	32.7	100	11.19	11	2
1919	45.9	77	57	92	34.2	78	7.37	45	4
1918	48.1	44	62.1	26	33.9	85	10.09	15	1
1917	41.4	121	52.7	122	30.1	121	10.05	17	3
1916	44.7	99	57.9	82	31.6	114	8.67	30	9
1915	42.8	112	54.1	116	31.9	109	6.52	59	9
1914	46.7	67	58.7	70	34.5	69	7.54	41	7
1913	45.2	90	56.6	95	33.1	96	9.25	23	7
1912	44.9	94	57.1	89	32.6	102	6.02	74	0
1911	49.2	29	63.1	17	35.3	55	4.87	92	6
1910	50.8	10	66.1	3	36	42	2.97	122	8
1909	42.7	113	54.4	113	30.9	116	7.70	40	0
1908	47.1	58	59.6	58	33.8	86	13.74	4	5
1907	42.3	116	55.1	106	29.7	123	4.27	104	6
1906	44.2	104	56.1	99	32.8	99	6.41	64	3
1905	48.1	44	60	51	35.2	56	7.30	47	6
1904			58.7	70			5.25	86	22
1903			59.6	58			6.48	60	27
1902			60.4	44			4.54	98	23
1901			63.5	12	33.3	93	4.12	108	10
1900	50.3	14	65.1	6	35	60	8.15	36	2
1899	40	125	52.7	122	27	126	6.89	53	3
1898	44.5	101	58.4	74	30.7	118	6.46	61	0
1897	42.2	117	55	110	29.4	125	8.00	37	4
1896	45.9	77	58.2	77	33.1	96	8.74	28	1
1895									63
1894									61
1893									86

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	55.2
1934	53
1987	51.4
1925	51.4
1977	51.3
1985	51.2
1955	51.1
1939	51
1946	50.9
1910	50.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	40
1996	41
1950	41.2
1951	41.4
1917	41.4
2002	41.9
2013	42.1
1975	42.2
1897	42.2
1907	42.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	15.73
1942	15.28
1927	14.82
1908	13.74
1985	13.08
1972	12.03
2012	11.82
1986	11.60
1938	11.35
2016	11.29

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	2.30
1925	2.39
1931	2.58
1952	2.64
2010	2.65
2002	2.68
1934	2.82
1967	2.84
1910	2.97
1928	3.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: -4°F; 16 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.09 in; 26 April 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 3.92 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the driest spring since 2023, 20th driest of 130.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 97°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Mitchell, SD: a low of -4°F on Monday 16 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 1.09 in on Sunday 26 April 2026.