Trail, SD Climate

Trail, SD has a warm-summer humid continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters. It experiences abundant precipitation year-round, with an average annual snowfall of 35 inches. The area is known for its frequent thunderstorms in the summer months and occasional snowstorms in the winter. Winters are generally cold and dry, while summers are generally mild and wet. During the summer months temperatures can reach into the 90s Fahrenheit (32+ Celsius). Winters typically have temperatures falling below freezing.

Climate	Trail, 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.