Watertown Weather in 1988

Historical record of Watertown, South Dakota weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.
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1988 Watertown Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 105 °F June 24
Lowest temperature -30 °F February 11
Highest daily low 78 °F July 6
Lowest daily high -5 °F January 5
Most daily precipitation 1.8 inches July 24
Most daily snow 3.0 inches April 26
Total annual precipitation 15.0 inches -
Total annual snow 23.0 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Watertown in 1988
Rank Temperature Date
1 105 °F Jun 24
1 105 °F Jun 21
3 104 °F Jul 31
4 103 °F Jun 25
5 102 °F Jul 4
6 101 °F Aug 16
6 101 °F Aug 15
8 100 °F Jul 29
8 100 °F Jul 6
8 100 °F Jul 5
8 100 °F Jun 28
Lowest Temperatures in Watertown in 1988
Rank Temperature Date
1 -30 °F February 11
2 -27 °F January 6
3 -23 °F January 9
4 -20 °F January 5
5 -18 °F February 5
6 -17 °F January 26
7 -16 °F February 12
7 -16 °F January 7
7 -16 °F January 4
10 -15 °F February 2
January 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
8 -12 0.00 0.0
January 2
20 -7 0.00 0.0
January 3
16 5 0.00 0.0
January 4
6 -16 0.00 0.0
January 5
-5 -20 0.00 0.0
January 6
-4 -27 0.00 0.0
January 7
9 -16 0.00 0.0
January 8
4 -10 0.00 0.0
January 9
3 -23 0.00 0.0
January 10
14 -14 0.00 0.0
January 11
19 8 0.00 0.0
January 12
23 -5 0.12 1.2
January 13
13 -9 0.00 0.0
January 14
23 0 0.00 0.0
January 15
31 8 0.00 0.0
January 16
41 27 0.00 0.0
January 17
39 10 0.00 0.0
January 18
27 17 0.00 0.0
January 19
27 21 0.10 1.5
January 20
22 7 0.05 0.3
January 21
15 -8 0.00 0.0
January 22
25 5 0.02 0.2
January 23
28 1 0.08 1.3
January 24
31 0 0.01 0.1
January 25
3 -14 0.02 0.2
January 26
10 -17 0.00 0.0
January 27
25 6 0.00 0.0
January 28
31 8 0.00 0.0
January 29
38 19 0.00 0.0
January 30
31 20 0.00 0.0
January 31
27 0 0.01 0.1
February 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
3 -8 0.00 0.0
February 2
5 -15 0.00 0.0
February 3
7 -12 0.00 0.0
February 4
1 -12 0.10 1.0
February 5
-3 -18 0.00 0.0
February 6
7 -14 0.00 0.0
February 7
19 0 0.00 0.0
February 8
14 1 0.07 1.4
February 9
10 -7 0.03 0.3
February 10
-3 -14 0.00 0.0
February 11
-3 -30 0.00 0.0
February 12
18 -16 0.04 0.4
February 13
26 11 0.00 0.0
February 14
25 10 0.00 n/a
February 15
19 -10 0.00 0.0
February 16
38 16 0.00 0.0
February 17
36 17 0.01 0.1
February 18
39 17 0.00 0.0
February 19
37 24 0.00 0.0
February 20
30 -1 0.00 0.0
February 21
42 7 0.00 0.0
February 22
39 21 0.00 0.0
February 23
24 10 0.00 0.0
February 24
25 5 0.00 0.0
February 25
37 7 0.00 0.0
February 26
52 27 0.00 0.0
February 27
52 22 0.00 0.0
February 28
46 30 0.00 0.0
February 29
46 23 0.00 0.0
March 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
45 29 0.00 0.0
March 2
35 15 0.00 0.0
March 3
32 9 0.00 0.0
March 4
35 13 0.00 0.0
March 5
45 18 0.00 0.0
March 6
52 28 0.00 0.0
March 7
46 36 0.00 0.0
March 8
38 30 0.39 2.7
March 9
44 14 0.00 0.0
March 10
54 34 0.00 0.0
March 11
51 33 0.00 0.0
March 12
35 12 0.11 1.1
March 13
20 6 0.00 0.0
March 14
26 5 0.00 0.0
March 15
31 10 0.00 0.0
March 16
37 14 0.00 0.0
March 17
42 20 0.00 0.0
March 18
39 19 0.00 0.0
March 19
40 23 0.01 0.1
March 20
36 18 0.00 0.0
March 21
53 20 0.00 0.0
March 22
65 34 0.00 0.0
March 23
55 30 0.00 0.0
March 24
52 40 0.17 0.0
March 25
51 36 0.00 0.0
March 26
48 22 0.00 0.0
March 27
69 29 0.00 0.0
March 28
62 36 0.01 0.0
March 29
44 22 0.00 0.0
March 30
44 27 0.00 0.0
March 31
41 23 0.00 0.0
April 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
55 18 0.00 0.0
April 2
52 36 0.37 0.0
April 3
52 39 0.00 0.0
April 4
66 42 0.00 0.0
April 5
64 45 0.00 0.0
April 6
68 29 0.00 0.0
April 7
82 40 0.00 0.0
April 8
79 52 0.00 0.0
April 9
58 34 0.15 0.0
April 10
57 26 0.00 0.0
April 11
62 22 0.00 0.0
April 12
77 35 0.00 0.0
April 13
74 38 0.00 0.0
April 14
52 24 0.00 0.0
April 15
55 20 0.00 0.0
April 16
73 25 0.00 0.0
April 17
71 35 0.00 0.0
April 18
50 14 0.00 0.0
April 19
60 18 0.00 0.0
April 20
58 30 0.02 0.0
April 21
47 27 0.13 2.1
April 22
46 35 0.00 0.0
April 23
55 28 0.00 0.0
April 24
65 30 0.02 0.0
April 25
65 30 0.00 0.0
April 26
50 31 0.19 3.0
April 27
59 32 0.00 0.0
April 28
67 30 0.00 0.0
April 29
73 38 0.00 0.0
April 30
75 50 0.00 0.0
May 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
77 56 0.00 0.0
May 2
76 56 0.00 0.0
May 3
75 46 0.00 0.0
May 4
74 40 0.00 0.0
May 5
75 39 0.00 0.0
May 6
75 50 0.00 0.0
May 7
75 54 0.03 0.0
May 8
69 42 0.00 0.0
May 9
70 45 0.08 0.0
May 10
73 45 0.00 0.0
May 11
78 45 0.03 0.0
May 12
86 49 0.00 0.0
May 13
75 29 0.00 0.0
May 14
78 53 0.00 0.0
May 15
73 54 0.01 0.0
May 16
68 35 0.00 0.0
May 17
81 42 0.00 0.0
May 18
85 61 0.00 0.0
May 19
77 59 0.28 0.0
May 20
69 55 0.17 0.0
May 21
65 51 0.82 0.0
May 22
58 51 0.24 0.0
May 23
73 49 0.00 0.0
May 24
77 47 0.00 0.0
May 25
80 49 0.00 0.0
May 26
85 62 0.00 0.0
May 27
85 60 0.31 0.0
May 28
89 62 0.00 0.0
May 29
85 66 0.00 0.0
May 30
82 61 0.69 0.0
May 31
86 65 0.00 0.0
June 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
82 63 0.01 0.0
June 2
84 57 0.39 0.0
June 3
89 65 0.00 0.0
June 4
87 58 0.00 0.0
June 5
86 63 0.00 0.0
June 6
86 56 0.00 0.0
June 7
89 61 0.00 0.0
June 8
87 61 0.00 0.0
June 9
78 49 0.00 0.0
June 10
84 47 0.00 0.0
June 11
89 57 0.00 0.0
June 12
91 62 0.00 0.0
June 13
87 62 0.05 0.0
June 14
85 61 0.00 0.0
June 15
78 52 0.00 0.0
June 16
83 51 0.00 0.0
June 17
86 60 0.16 0.0
June 18
97 64 0.00 0.0
June 19
96 68 0.00 0.0
June 20
99 63 0.00 0.0
June 21
105 73 0.00 0.0
June 22
99 65 0.00 0.0
June 23
86 60 0.04 0.0
June 24
105 67 0.00 0.0
June 25
103 64 0.00 0.0
June 26
83 54 0.00 0.0
June 27
89 57 0.00 0.0
June 28
100 74 0.00 0.0
June 29
83 60 0.00 0.0
June 30
76 60 0.00 0.0
July 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
72 56 0.13 0.0
July 2
78 47 0.00 0.0
July 3
86 57 0.00 0.0
July 4
102 66 0.00 0.0
July 5
100 71 0.00 0.0
July 6
100 78 0.00 0.0
July 7
89 66 0.38 0.0
July 8
78 56 0.15 0.0
July 9
89 65 0.00 0.0
July 10
82 56 0.00 0.0
July 11
81 58 0.00 0.0
July 12
88 63 0.06 0.0
July 13
94 65 0.22 0.0
July 14
96 59 0.00 0.0
July 15
93 77 0.00 0.0
July 16
89 56 0.00 0.0
July 17
90 67 0.00 0.0
July 18
89 61 0.00 0.0
July 19
84 62 0.00 0.0
July 20
81 56 0.00 0.0
July 21
86 52 0.00 0.0
July 22
87 56 0.00 0.0
July 23
90 60 0.00 0.0
July 24
85 61 1.81 0.0
July 25
87 56 0.00 0.0
July 26
93 64 0.00 0.0
July 27
97 64 0.00 0.0
July 28
96 72 0.00 0.0
July 29
100 72 0.00 0.0
July 30
95 63 0.00 0.0
July 31
104 75 0.00 0.0
August 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
98 69 0.00 0.0
August 2
92 65 0.90 0.0
August 3
82 66 0.20 0.0
August 4
78 59 0.18 0.0
August 5
88 55 0.00 0.0
August 6
91 62 0.00 0.0
August 7
89 72 0.01 0.0
August 8
80 58 0.00 0.0
August 9
86 52 0.00 0.0
August 10
91 65 0.00 0.0
August 11
96 70 0.28 0.0
August 12
94 66 0.00 0.0
August 13
90 66 0.77 0.0
August 14
84 60 0.00 0.0
August 15
101 69 0.00 0.0
August 16
101 76 0.00 0.0
August 17
96 71 0.00 0.0
August 18
86 63 0.00 0.0
August 19
80 61 0.00 0.0
August 20
84 58 0.00 0.0
August 21
80 67 0.18 0.0
August 22
85 62 0.02 0.0
August 23
83 57 0.00 0.0
August 24
85 56 0.00 0.0
August 25
83 55 0.00 0.0
August 26
75 48 0.05 0.0
August 27
67 48 0.30 0.0
August 28
71 42 0.00 0.0
August 29
71 41 0.00 0.0
August 30
80 48 0.00 0.0
August 31
83 60 0.00 0.0
September 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
87 60 0.00 0.0
September 2
81 52 0.00 0.0
September 3
72 55 0.00 0.0
September 4
74 48 0.00 0.0
September 5
72 38 0.00 0.0
September 6
78 38 0.00 0.0
September 7
78 53 0.00 0.0
September 8
74 55 0.00 0.0
September 9
80 45 0.00 0.0
September 10
90 54 0.00 0.0
September 11
86 68 0.00 0.0
September 12
69 47 0.01 0.0
September 13
76 37 0.00 0.0
September 14
72 46 0.00 0.0
September 15
67 52 0.20 0.0
September 16
75 56 0.02 0.0
September 17
93 51 0.00 0.0
September 18
86 58 0.00 0.0
September 19
78 45 1.79 0.0
September 20
59 41 0.00 0.0
September 21
69 41 0.00 0.0
September 22
67 49 0.00 0.0
September 23
69 37 0.00 0.0
September 24
76 48 0.00 0.0
September 25
72 45 0.00 0.0
September 26
80 54 0.00 0.0
September 27
72 40 0.00 0.0
September 28
56 45 0.61 0.0
September 29
54 46 0.04 0.0
September 30
60 49 0.00 0.0
October 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
65 42 0.00 0.0
October 2
62 32 0.00 0.0
October 3
55 41 0.00 0.0
October 4
46 21 0.00 0.0
October 5
53 20 0.00 0.0
October 6
57 29 0.00 0.0
October 7
60 33 0.00 0.0
October 8
69 32 0.00 0.0
October 9
71 34 0.00 0.0
October 10
63 43 0.00 0.0
October 11
57 29 0.00 0.0
October 12
59 29 0.00 0.0
October 13
67 40 0.00 0.0
October 14
79 41 0.00 0.0
October 15
71 40 0.00 0.0
October 16
62 42 0.00 0.0
October 17
53 40 0.00 0.0
October 18
52 31 0.00 0.0
October 19
51 20 0.00 0.0
October 20
57 39 0.00 0.0
October 21
52 35 0.00 0.0
October 22
60 30 0.00 0.0
October 23
55 29 0.00 0.0
October 24
51 27 0.00 0.0
October 25
45 24 0.00 0.0
October 26
53 18 0.00 0.0
October 27
55 30 0.32 0.0
October 28
34 18 0.00 0.0
October 29
35 16 0.00 0.0
October 30
48 23 0.00 0.0
October 31
59 37 0.00 0.0
November 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
50 23 0.00 0.0
November 2
54 33 0.00 0.0
November 3
55 28 0.03 0.0
November 4
55 37 0.05 0.0
November 5
43 28 0.03 0.0
November 6
43 27 0.00 0.0
November 7
49 30 0.00 0.0
November 8
48 24 0.00 0.0
November 9
53 31 0.00 0.0
November 10
41 26 0.00 0.0
November 11
42 18 0.00 0.0
November 12
41 31 0.36 1.5
November 13
51 30 0.00 0.0
November 14
42 27 0.00 0.0
November 15
33 26 0.07 0.6
November 16
30 17 0.02 0.2
November 17
27 14 0.00 0.0
November 18
25 18 0.02 0.3
November 19
25 12 0.00 0.0
November 20
20 12 0.00 0.0
November 21
37 9 0.00 0.0
November 22
37 16 0.00 0.0
November 23
44 24 0.00 0.0
November 24
46 31 0.00 0.0
November 25
37 22 0.00 0.0
November 26
32 29 0.02 0.2
November 27
30 14 0.00 0.0
November 28
26 2 0.00 0.0
November 29
33 21 0.00 0.0
November 30
31 15 0.00 0.0
December 1988 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
41 11 0.00 0.0
December 2
54 21 0.00 0.0
December 3
39 26 0.00 0.0
December 4
43 14 0.00 0.0
December 5
52 19 0.00 0.0
December 6
41 27 0.00 0.0
December 7
34 14 0.00 0.0
December 8
21 7 0.00 0.0
December 9
19 1 0.00 0.0
December 10
14 -12 0.00 0.0
December 11
14 -3 0.00 0.0
December 12
42 5 0.00 0.0
December 13
38 24 0.00 0.0
December 14
42 16 0.00 0.0
December 15
16 -8 0.00 0.0
December 16
23 3 0.00 0.0
December 17
25 11 0.00 0.0
December 18
43 14 0.00 0.0
December 19
48 16 0.00 0.0
December 20
32 19 0.00 0.0
December 21
39 14 0.00 0.0
December 22
43 28 0.00 0.0
December 23
34 15 0.01 0.2
December 24
19 3 0.00 0.0
December 25
12 -4 0.00 0.0
December 26
25 7 0.11 1.8
December 27
29 -3 0.06 1.0
December 28
5 -7 0.00 0.0
December 29
18 -7 0.00 0.0
December 30
27 2 0.01 0.1
December 31
31 14 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1893–2024 Watertown Regional Airport location