Mitchell climate — normals and trends
Mitchell (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mitchell averages 148 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Mitchell has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 152 to 144 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 13 August 1965) and the coldest -36.8 °C (on 6 January 1988).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
MitchellSouth Dakota
- coords
- 43.71°, -98.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
22.8km/h
Seasonal range
32.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
148 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
44 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
41.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.0 °C
13 August 1965
Coldest day
-36.8 °C
6 January 1988
Wettest day
86 mm
11 June 2010
Windiest day
68.5 km/h
28 December 2000
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
10 October 1949
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
11 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-43.0 °C
6 January 1988
Snowiest day
29.6 cm
3 December 1953
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 7 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +6.8 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 148 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 118 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 67 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 59 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 41 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 25 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mitchell?
Mitchell has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mitchell?
The hottest day measured in Mitchell between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1965, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mitchell?
The coldest day measured in Mitchell between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1988, at -36.8 °C.
Does it snow in Mitchell?
Yes. Mitchell gets on average 75.7 cm of snow per year and has around 148 frost days.
Has the climate of Mitchell warmed?
Yes: Mitchell warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mitchell?
The wettest day measured in Mitchell between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 2010, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mitchell?
The windiest day measured in Mitchell between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 2000, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mitchell?
The warmest month in Mitchell is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Mitchell?
Mitchell receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mitchell?
Mitchell gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mitchell?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mitchell between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1953, with 29.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mitchell?
Yes: Mitchell has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mitchell?
In Mitchell, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 11 July 1954, and the lowest was -43.0 °C on 6 January 1988.
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