National Weather Service Updates “Normals” For Temperature And Precipitation

National Weather Service Updates “Normals” For Temperature And Precipitation

PIERRE — The National Weather Service issued updated “normals” for temperature and precipitation this week.  Doug Kluck, Central Region Climate Services Director in Kansas City, says they roll the averages forward every ten years…

Kluck says the new numbers show a cooling trend across the northern plains…

Kluck says other parts of the country continue to show warming temperatures…

Local trends for climate locations in central and northeast South Dakota, lean toward warmer fall temperatures and cooler temperatures for the months of March and April. Additionally, winter months trended snowier.