Madison, SD Weather & Climate Normals
Madison's real weather, in one number
Madison, SD scores 41/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Madison's hottest and coldest months
Madison's hottest month is Jul, averaging 72°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 16°F, a 56.4°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Madison
Madison averages 26.75in of precipitation a year across roughly 85 days with measurable rain or snow, and 38.1in of snow a year.
Where Madison ranks
Madison ranks 4468 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 13 of 18 within SD. About 6,086 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from WENTWORTH 2.5 WNW, SD US, 5.2 miles from Madison, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
What a 30-year climate normal actually is · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station