Bear Creek South Dakota Weather Records (USR0000SBEA)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bear Creek South Dakota (USR0000SBEA), South Dakota, United States, with 31 years of record.

Key Facts for Bear Creek South Dakota

Bear Creek South Dakota (USR0000SBEA) is a weather station in South Dakota, United States at 45.06 latitude and -101.48 longitude, 698 m (2,290 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1993 to 2023, 31 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bear Creek South Dakota still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bear Creek South Dakota set a daily record high minimum temperature of 12.2 C (54.0 F) on 10 October 2026 (provisional).

Provisional Records

Records set in the last 60 days are provisional until they clear the revision window.

About the Station

Location: South Dakota, United States, 45.06 latitude, -101.48 longitude.
Elevation: 698 m (2,290 ft).
Period of record: 1993 to 2023, 31 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

28 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bear Creek South Dakota. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 28 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Bear Creek South Dakota, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	21.1 C (70.0 F)	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	14.4 C (57.9 F)	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
Feb	21.7 C (71.1 F)	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	18.9 C (66.0 F)	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
Mar	28.3 C (82.9 F)	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	27.2 C (81.0 F)	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
Apr	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	31.1 C (88.0 F)	-8.3 C (17.1 F)
May	35.6 C (96.1 F)	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
Jun	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34.4 C (93.9 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)
Jul	45.6 C (114.1 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42.8 C (109.0 F)	12.8 C (55.0 F)
Aug	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40.6 C (105.1 F)	7.2 C (45.0 F)
Sep	40.0 C (104.0 F)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.1 C (43.0 F)
Oct	35.6 C (96.1 F)	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)
Nov	27.2 C (81.0 F)	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	20.6 C (69.1 F)	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Bear Creek South Dakota still stand. 1996 holds the most, with 81.

Standing records at Bear Creek South Dakota by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1993	17
1994	70
1995	42
1996	81
1997	58
1998	40
1999	45
2000	54
2001	41
2002	62
2003	52
2004	52
2005	55
2006	42
2007	45
2008	34
2009	45
2010	30
2011	31
2012	52
2013	35
2014	53
2015	46
2016	34
2017	51
2018	33
2019	29
2020	45
2021	43
2023	28
2024	35
2025	45
2026	39

Period of Record Coverage

1993 to 2026

33 years of record at Bear Creek South Dakota, 1993 to 2026. 4 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1993, 2021, 2023, 2026.

Days with data per year at Bear Creek South Dakota
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1993	146	40%	No
1994	350	96%	Yes
1995	359	98%	Yes
1996	359	98%	Yes
1997	359	98%	Yes
1998	362	99%	Yes
1999	362	99%	Yes
2000	365	100%	Yes
2001	363	99%	Yes
2002	363	99%	Yes
2003	364	100%	Yes
2004	366	100%	Yes
2005	364	100%	Yes
2006	363	99%	Yes
2007	364	100%	Yes
2008	366	100%	Yes
2009	360	99%	Yes
2010	363	99%	Yes
2011	364	100%	Yes
2012	364	99%	Yes
2013	362	99%	Yes
2014	361	99%	Yes
2015	364	100%	Yes
2016	363	99%	Yes
2017	362	99%	Yes
2018	362	99%	Yes
2019	360	99%	Yes
2020	363	99%	Yes
2021	288	79%	No
2023	245	67%	No
2024	364	99%	Yes
2025	360	99%	Yes
2026	284	78%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Bear Creek South Dakota
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min (Provisional)	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	11 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min (Provisional)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min (Provisional)	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	3 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max (Tie)	39.4 C (102.9 F)	tie	15 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	12 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max (Tie)	38.9 C (102.0 F)	tie	20 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min (Tie)	20.0 C (68.0 F)	tie	24 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	15 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
14 June 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min (Tie)	17.2 C (63.0 F)	tie	13 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	8 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 2026	Bear Creek South Dakota, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	7 years	6 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

28 complete years, 1995 to 2025

One stripe for each of 28 complete years at Bear Creek South Dakota, 1995 to 2025. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 7.5 C (45.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1996, at 5.0 C (41.1 F), and the warmest was 2012, at 9.2 C (48.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.6 C (4.7 F).

Annual mean temperature at Bear Creek South Dakota as warming stripes, 1995 to 2025
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1995	6.8 C	-0.75 C
1996	5.0 C	-2.52 C
1997	7.1 C	-0.48 C
1998	8.4 C	+0.80 C
1999	8.6 C	+1.09 C
2000	7.5 C	-0.09 C
2001	8.1 C	+0.58 C
2002	8.1 C	+0.54 C
2003	7.7 C	+0.13 C
2004	7.8 C	+0.28 C
2005	8.6 C	+1.05 C
2006	9.1 C	+1.54 C
2007	8.5 C	+0.98 C
2008	6.6 C	-0.93 C
2009	6.2 C	-1.37 C
2010	6.7 C	-0.88 C
2011	6.7 C	-0.89 C
2012	9.2 C	+1.63 C
2013	6.8 C	-0.75 C
2014	6.1 C	-1.41 C
2015	8.6 C	+1.04 C
2016	8.7 C	+1.17 C
2017	7.7 C	+0.17 C
2018	6.5 C	-1.03 C
2019	5.4 C	-2.19 C
2020	8.0 C	+0.40 C
2024	8.8 C	+1.20 C
2025	8.1 C	+0.56 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1993 to 2026

Yearly extremes at Bear Creek South Dakota: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	45.6 C (114.1 F)	1994	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33
Coldest night (TNn)	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	2018	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	33

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Bear Creek South Dakota, 1993 to 2026. The record is 45.6 C (114.1 F) in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.0 C (104.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Bear Creek South Dakota by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1993	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1994	45.6 C (114.1 F)
1995	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1996	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1997	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1998	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1999	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2000	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2001	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2002	43.3 C (109.9 F)
2003	42.2 C (108.0 F)
2004	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2005	40.6 C (105.1 F)
2006	45.0 C (113.0 F)
2007	43.3 C (109.9 F)
2008	37.2 C (99.0 F)
2009	35.6 C (96.1 F)
2010	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2011	39.4 C (102.9 F)
2012	41.1 C (106.0 F)
2013	37.2 C (99.0 F)
2014	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2015	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2016	40.6 C (105.1 F)
2017	40.0 C (104.0 F)
2018	38.9 C (102.0 F)
2019	34.4 C (93.9 F)
2020	38.3 C (100.9 F)
2021	41.7 C (107.1 F)
2023	39.4 C (102.9 F)
2024	39.4 C (102.9 F)
2025	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2026	42.8 C (109.0 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Bear Creek South Dakota, 1993 to 2026. The record is -40.0 C (-40.0 F) in 2018, marked on the chart; the median year is -30.6 C (-23.1 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Bear Creek South Dakota by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1993	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1994	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1995	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1996	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1997	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1998	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1999	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
2000	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
2001	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
2002	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
2003	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
2004	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
2005	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
2006	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
2007	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2008	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
2009	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2010	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
2011	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
2012	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
2013	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
2014	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
2015	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
2016	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2017	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
2018	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
2019	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2020	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
2021	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
2023	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2024	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2025	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
2026	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

28 years with a frost

Across 28 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Bear Creek South Dakota falls on 11 May and the median first autumn frost on 2 October, which leaves a median of 143 days between them.

Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +3.1 days per decade at this station.

Frost dates and growing season at Bear Creek South Dakota
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1995 to 2025)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	11 May	n/a	11 May	n/a	+0.2 days per decade
First autumn frost	2 October	n/a	2 October	n/a	+3.3 days per decade
Growing days	143 days	n/a	143 days	n/a	+3.1 days per decade

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).