It's almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in South Dakota using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
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1 / 25#25. Aurora County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
#24. Hughes County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
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3 / 25#23. Hanson County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.3 degrees
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4 / 25#22. Davison County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.1 degrees
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5 / 25#20. Stanley County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
#19. Jones County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees
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8 / 25#18. Todd County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
#17. Brule County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees
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10 / 25#15. Haakon County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
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12 / 25#14. Douglas County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
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13 / 25#13. Union County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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14 / 25#12. Turner County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#10. Clay County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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17 / 25#9. Gregory County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
#8. Mellette County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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19 / 25#7. Hutchinson County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
#5. Jackson County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
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22 / 25#4. Tripp County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#3. Yankton County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#2. Charles Mix County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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