Bailey, SD Climate

Bailey, SD has a continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. It experiences a large range of temperatures throughout the year, with average highs in January of 20°F and an average high of 85°F in July. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, though it is slightly higher during summer months. Snowfall typically occurs from November to April, with an average annual snowfall of 30 inches. During summer months, thunderstorms are common, especially in the late afternoon and evening hours.

Climate	Bailey, South Dakota	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.