United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Slim Butte.

September leads for comfortable weather in Slim Butte: typically 25.7°C by day, 9°C at night, with 42 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember
Typical high25.7°C
Typical low9°C
Rain in September42 mm
Comfort

September

September · June · August

81climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

72climate match
Outdoors

May

May · September · October

79climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 81days reach only 3.5°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -10°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
53.5° / -10°
Feb
54.7° / -9.1°
Mar
2211.2° / -4°
Apr
4115.9° / 1.2°
May
6420.8° / 6.4°
Jun
7326.8° / 11.9°
Jul
6732.2° / 16.2°
Aug
7231.3° / 14.6°
Sep
8125.7° / 9°
Oct
5417.5° / 1.9°
Nov
2010.5° / -4.1°
Dec
53.7° / -9.6°
Monthly climate evidence for Slim Butte — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
MonthDayNightRainWet daysDaylightComfortCoverage
January3.5°C-10°C12 mm39 h 195Good coverage
February4.7°C-9.1°C15 mm3.710 h 275Good coverage
March11.2°C-4°C24 mm4.411 h 4722Good coverage
April15.9°C1.2°C61 mm7.713 h 2041Good coverage
May20.8°C6.4°C71 mm8.614 h 3864Good coverage
June26.8°C11.9°C76 mm9.815 h 2173Good coverage
July32.2°C16.2°C49 mm5.215 h 0467Good coverage
August31.3°C14.6°C47 mm4.913 h 5672Good coverage
September25.7°C9°C42 mm4.712 h 2681Good coverage
October17.5°C1.9°C30 mm410 h 5754Good coverage
November10.5°C-4.1°C20 mm3.99 h 3920Good coverage
December3.7°C-9.6°C13 mm3.29 h 015Good coverage
Records at OGLALA 1S, 1998–2016
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January22.2°C28 Jan 2015-30.6°C8 Jan 201020 mm8 Jan 199925 mm1999 · driest 1 mm in 201418
February23.3°C19 Feb 2016-31.7°C15 Feb 200736 mm26 Feb 200047 mm2000 · driest 3 mm in 200218
March28.9°C29 Mar 2015-25.0°C2 Mar 201431 mm1 Mar 200451 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 201218
April32.2°C25 Apr 2012-15.0°C3 Apr 200268 mm19 Apr 2000127 mm2000 · driest 12 mm in 201218
May37.2°C20 May 2009-6.1°C8 May 201061 mm10 May 2015160 mm2015 · driest 15 mm in 200418
June42.8°C26 Jun 20071.7°C2 Jun 200064 mm16 Jun 2012167 mm1999 · driest 12 mm in 201617
July43.3°C26 Jul 20032.2°C3 Jul 200897 mm13 Jul 2006113 mm2006 · driest 1 mm in 200518
August41.7°C11 Aug 20071.1°C31 Aug 200947 mm13 Aug 2005129 mm2014 · driest 13 mm in 201017
September38.9°C5 Sep 2001-1.7°C19 Sep 200678 mm5 Sep 2004118 mm2004 · driest 3 mm in 201218
October33.9°C3 Oct 2011-12.8°C31 Oct 200257 mm5 Oct 2013148 mm2013 · driest 4 mm in 201118
November31.1°C3 Nov 2008-22.8°C23 Nov 201045 mm6 Nov 200880 mm2008 · driest 0 mm in 200718
December22.2°C13 Dec 2014-30.0°C15 Dec 200820 mm26 Dec 200943 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 200118
Typical days per month at OGLALA 1S, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January0029<15
February0026<16
March1023<14
April4<11223
May9232<1
June199020
July2721010
August2619020
September178<110
October5<110<11
November<1<123<14
December0029<15
How often, not how much — every day in OGLALA 1S’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January<1%10%<1%5%0.1–5.8°C
February1%12%<1%5%-0.3–9.4°C
March17%14%2%9%8.6–15.3°C
April28%25%6%30%13.1–18.7°C
May45%27%7%36%18.4–23.1°C
June63%31%7%32%24.7–30.1°C
July82%18%5%11%29.4–35.2°C
August85%16%5%12%29.7–33.4°C
September73%16%4%10%23.5–27.3°C
October39%13%3%8%12.5–20.2°C
November13%13%1%10%6.2–14.2°C
December<1%10%1%6%-0.2–7.3°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5769100
NOAA station
USC00396227 · OGLALA 1S
Station distance
12.6 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
17 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 43.08°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from OGLALA 1S is what differs

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