Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 43 min4:59 am – 8:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 41 min7:26 am – 4:07 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 57°FColdest month January: highs 29°F, lows 7°F18 in of rain a year, on about 42 dayswettest month June40 in of snow a year, on about 16 days36 days above 90°F, 188 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Shadehill Rsvr station; rain from Bison
Nearby landmarksSouth Fork Grand Riverriver · 3.1 miShadehill Reservoirreservoir · 3.8 miKetterlings Pointcape · 6.1 miNorth Fork Grand Riverriver · 7.8 miFlat Creek Lakelake · 8.5 miJohnson Damreservoir · 8.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsGrand River National Grasslandnational grassland · within reach · 154,662 acresShadehill Reservoir Game Production Areastate recreation area · 2.5 mi · 6,206 acresHugh Glass Recreation Areastate recreation area · 4.4 mi · 511 acresShadehill Reservoir Recreation Areastate recreation area · 5.9 mi · 892 acresLlewellyn Johns Recreation Areastate recreation area · 8.2 mi · 153 acresLemmon Lakestate recreation area · 14.4 mi · 281 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowPerkins County, SD, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsWildfire Relatively LowWinter weather Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Drinking waterLemmonserves 1,156 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 20211 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation2,322 ft708 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Getting aroundAirportDickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport DIK81 miUS highwayUS 1218 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 57653 ZIP area.
