Brookings, SD Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in Brookings actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Brookings, SD, the comfort score comes out to 41/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much Brookings's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in Brookings run from 13°F in Jan up to 71°F in Jul, a 57.9°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
How wet Brookings actually gets
Over a typical year, Brookings sees about 25.21in of precipitation a year across roughly 99 days with measurable rain or snow, with 35.8in of snow a year.
Brookings against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, Brookings comes in at 4377; within SD alone it ranks 10 of 18. Population is about 24,555.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from BROOKINGS 2 NE, SD US, the NOAA station 1.8 miles from Brookings, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why this uses the nearest NOAA station · How the comfort score is calculated