North Detroit, SD Climate

North Detroit, SD has a humid continental climate with hot and humid summers and cold winters. The average temperature in the summer is around 75°F (24°C), while in the winter it can dip down to an average of 17°F (-8°C). Precipitation is fairly evenly spread throughout the year, averaging around 30 inches (76 cm) annually. Snowfall in the area averages about 40 inches (102 cm), with much of it falling between November and April.

Climate	North Detroit, 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.