Warm-summer humid continental
Spearfish, South Dakota
Lawrence County, South Dakota · Population 13k · 3,642 ft elevation
Living in Spearfish
Spearfish has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it is a snowy place (71″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Spearfish is an outdoor hub: about 32% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Spearfish at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 3,642 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 71″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,005 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $309k59th percentile
- Median rent
- $941/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k30th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.01%52th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.972th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 232 per 100k61th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,947 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 32%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,543 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 16°F | 0.6″ | 8.2″ | 184 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 16°F | 0.9″ | 12.7″ | 190 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 24°F | 1.2″ | 12.0″ | 228 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 32°F | 2.2″ | 8.5″ | 234 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 42°F | 3.7″ | 2.3″ | 278 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 51°F | 3.5″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 58°F | 2.4″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 56°F | 1.9″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 48°F | 1.6″ | 0.1″ | 277 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 35°F | 2.0″ | 5.5″ | 218 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 26°F | 0.7″ | 6.3″ | 184 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 18°F | 0.7″ | 14.9″ | 166 hrs |
Near Spearfish
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology