De Smet Weather in February
Average highs run from 25°F on February 1 to 33°F on February 28, and lows from 6°F to 14°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.88 in over about 4 wet days.
February day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
February at a glance
- Average high
- 29°F
- Average low
- 9°F
- Precipitation
- 0.88 in
- Snowfall
- 9.2 in
- Record high
- 68°FFeb 22, 1931
- Record low
- -40°FFeb 10, 1899
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 52 min to 11 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 15°F
- Wind
- 12.1 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 25°F | 6°F | 59°F 1931 | -35°F 1893 | 13% | 13% |
| Feb 2 | 25°F | 6°F | 59°F 1924 | -26°F 1916 | 13% | 13% |
| Feb 3 | 25°F | 6°F | 58°F 1928 | -32°F 1996 | 13% | 13% |
| Feb 4 | 26°F | 6°F | 61°F 2005 | -29°F 1893 | 13% | 13% |
| Feb 5 | 26°F | 6°F | 55°F 1963 | -35°F 1936 | 14% | 13% |
| Feb 6 | 26°F | 7°F | 53°F 1987 | -27°F 1893 | 14% | 13% |
| Feb 7 | 26°F | 7°F | 62°F 1987 | -36°F 1895 | 14% | 13% |
| Feb 8 | 26°F | 7°F | 58°F 1991 | -36°F 1899 | 14% | 13% |
| Feb 9 | 27°F | 7°F | 57°F 2000 | -36°F 1994 | 14% | 13% |
| Feb 10 | 27°F | 8°F | 60°F 1928 | -40°F 1899 | 14% | 14% |
| Feb 11 | 27°F | 8°F | 65°F 1928 | -31°F 1899 | 14% | 14% |
| Feb 12 | 28°F | 8°F | 56°F 2005 | -22°F 1955 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 13 | 28°F | 8°F | 57°F 2026 | -27°F 1922 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 14 | 28°F | 9°F | 60°F 1999 | -35°F 1936 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 15 | 28°F | 9°F | 62°F 1931 | -27°F 1936 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 16 | 29°F | 9°F | 57°F 2017 | -37°F 1936 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 17 | 29°F | 10°F | 65°F 1913 | -29°F 1903 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 18 | 29°F | 10°F | 64°F 1930 | -27°F 1903 | 15% | 14% |
| Feb 19 | 30°F | 10°F | 63°F 2017 | -38°F 1929 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 20 | 30°F | 11°F | 67°F 1930 | -25°F 1929 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 21 | 30°F | 11°F | 67°F 2000 | -22°F 1929 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 22 | 31°F | 12°F | 68°F 1931 | -20°F 1899 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 23 | 31°F | 12°F | 68°F 1958 | -21°F 1910 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 24 | 32°F | 12°F | 66°F 2000 | -26°F 1965 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 25 | 32°F | 13°F | 65°F 1958 | -15°F 1919 | 16% | 14% |
| Feb 26 | 32°F | 13°F | 64°F 2024 | -17°F 1899 | 16% | 13% |
| Feb 27 | 33°F | 14°F | 63°F 1896 | -20°F 1962 | 16% | 13% |
| Feb 28 | 33°F | 14°F | 60°F 1895 | -29°F 1962 | 16% | 13% |
| Feb 29 | 33°F | 14°F | 67°F 1992 | -10°F 1960 | 16% | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 5:40 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00392302 (De Smet), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00392302, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.