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| Back to South Dakota, United States. Do you have any pictures of this city? ![]() Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Brookings, SD Elevation: 1623 feet County: Brookings Land area: 11.9 square miles Zip codes: 57006. Median resident age: 23.5 years New: Brookings, SD residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Brookings:
New: Political contributions by individuals in Brookings, SD Ancestries: German (44.5%), Norwegian (24.8%), Irish (9.8%), English (5.7%), Swedish (5.4%), Dutch (4.5%). |
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For population 15 years and over in Brookings city
2.8% Foreign born (2.0% Asia, 0.3% Africa). |
![]() Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Sioux Falls, SD (53.4 miles, pop. 123,975). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Omaha, NE (217.3 miles, pop. 390,007). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (648.7 miles, pop. 2,896,016). Nearest cities: Aurora, SD (7.2 miles), Volga, SD (9.4 miles), Bruce, SD (11.5 miles), White, SD (13.1 miles), Estelline, SD (20.2 miles), Toronto, SD (21.0 miles), Elkton, SD (21.6 miles), Flandreau, SD (22.2 miles). Single-family new house construction building permits:
Area code: 605 Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (28.9%), Manufacturing (19.7%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.1%), Retail trade (11.0%). |
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Average temp. (°F) | 10.9 | 17.9 | 30.1 | 44.2 | 56.7 | 66.1 | 70.7 | 68.6 | 59.1 | 46.3 | 30.0 | 16.3 |
| High temperature (°F) | 21.5 | 28.0 | 39.7 | 55.5 | 68.9 | 78.0 | 82.7 | 80.6 | 71.8 | 58.9 | 39.6 | 26.1 |
| Low temperature (°F) | 0.3 | 7.8 | 20.5 | 32.8 | 44.4 | 54.2 | 58.6 | 56.6 | 46.3 | 33.6 | 20.3 | 6.5 |
| Precipitation (in) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
Based on data reported by main weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Days with precip. | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Wind speed (mph) | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 10.8 |
| Morning humidity (%) | 78 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 83 | 81 |
| Afternoon humidity (%) | 71 | 71 | 67 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 68 | 73 |
| Sunshine (%) | 57 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 50 | 49 |
| Days clear of clouds | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Partly cloudy days | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Cloudy days | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| Snowfall (in) | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 6.8 |