South Dakota, 2025

Drought in South Dakota, January 1 to 31, 2025

January 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS FSD · 19 events in 19 counties and zones

Despite a much drier than normal month, with conditions in the deep freeze of winter, there was no change to drought status during the month across southeast South Dakota.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 19 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.

Despite a much drier than normal month, with conditions in the deep freeze of winter, there was no change to drought status during the month across southeast South Dakota.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 10:39 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 10:39 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

19 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Aurora

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Aurora forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.718, -98.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Beadle

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Beadle forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 44.415, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Bon Homme

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bon Homme forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.988, -97.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Brule

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Brule forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.718, -99.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Charles Mix

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Charles Mix forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.208, -98.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Clay

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.915, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Davison

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Davison forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.675, -98.146 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Douglas

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.387, -98.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Gregory

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gregory forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.192, -99.186 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Hanson

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hanson forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Hutchinson

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Jerauld

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jerauld forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 44.066, -98.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Kingsbury

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kingsbury forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Lincoln

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.279, -96.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Miner

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Miner forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 44.022, -97.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Sanborn

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sanborn forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 44.023, -98.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Turner

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Turner forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.311, -97.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Union

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.833, -96.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

Drought, Yankton

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Yankton forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.009, -97.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the month.

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1230459, 1230460, 1230461, 1230462, 1230463, 1230464, 1230465, 1230466, 1230467, 1230468, 1230469, 1230470, 1230471, 1230472, 1230473, 1230474, 1230475, 1230476, 1230477.