Is South Dakota having a good snow season?
South Dakota had a well-below-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 3rd percentile versus its own history (1 official gauges).
Based on official gauge data. Methodology. 1 complete / 1 mountains. Not enough complete official seasons here to rank the region.
Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall, NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation, CA DWR CDEC precipitation, BC ASWS PC, ECCC climate-daily). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.
See South Dakota on the map · 2025-26 nationally · Methodology
Fewer than 4 complete official seasons in this region for 2025-26, so this list is not a regional ranking — it is every mountain we cover here.
Is South Dakota having a good snow season?
South Dakota had a well-below-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 3rd percentile versus its own history (1 official gauges).
How much snow has South Dakota gotten this season?
South Dakota has 1 complete official gauges in 2025-26. Among complete mountains the median season percentile is 3 versus each mountain’s own history.
Which South Dakota mountain is having the best snow year?
Terry Peak leads the complete South Dakota list in 2025-26 at the 3rd percentile (69.1 in vs a typical 137 in).
Where does the South Dakota snow data come from?
Each South Dakota row is an official gauge (NOAA GHCN-Daily, NRCS SNOTEL, CA DWR CDEC, BC ASWS, or ECCC climate-daily). Rankings are season percentile versus that mountain’s own November–April history, not a storm-total ranking and not snow depth or SWE.