Upper Red Owl, SD Climate

Upper Red Owl, SD enjoys a moderate climate with warm summers and mild winters. Average daily temperatures range between the mid 30s Fahrenheit in the winter months to the high 80s in summer. Total precipitation throughout the year averages around 18 inches. Upper Red Owl typically experiences low levels of humidity and receives an average of almost 200 sunny days each year.

Climate	Upper Red Owl, 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.