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    When is the first snow in South Dakota?

    South Dakota’s first snow usually lands first in Rapid City, around November 3, and last in Sioux Falls, around November 6.

    South Dakota’s first snow lands in early November and makes Mount Rushmore look even less impressed.
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    That makes South Dakota number 8 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Rapid City forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Sioux Falls forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    Rapid CityNovember 3October 4 to November 22about 48 in
    Sioux FallsNovember 6October 12 to November 22about 45 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    • New York: from around November 3 in Binghamton
    • Utah: from around November 5 in Salt Lake City
    • Iowa: from around November 7 in Sioux City

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.

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