Plainview, South Dakota | |
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| Coordinates:44°36′8″N102°9′42″W / 44.60222°N 102.16167°W /44.60222; -102.16167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Meade |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 57748 |
Plainview is anunincorporated community inMeade County, in theU.S. state ofSouth Dakota.[1]
Plainview was laid out in 1907, and named for the "plain view" obtained from the elevated town site.[2] A post office called Plainview was established in 1908, and remained in operation until 1972.[3] The community is no longer directly listed on the US Census.
Plainview is centered at the intersection ofSouth Dakota Highway 34 and Meade County Highway 39T, locally known as Plainview Road. The community is roughly halfway betweenRapid City andPierre.
Plainview is located in a very rural part of theGreat Plains, where only two roads traverse the entire town. The nearest other settlement is fellow unincorporated communityHowes, South Dakota, and the closest large settlement isSturgis. Air transport is also limited; the closest airport with commercial service isRapid City Regional Airport at 71 miles away.[4][5]
According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Plainview has acold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Plainview was 114 °F (45.6 °C) on July 16, 2006, while the coldest temperature recorded was −34 °F (−36.7 °C) on December 30, 1990.[6]
| Climate data for Plainview, South Dakota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1974–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) | 74 (23) | 85 (29) | 97 (36) | 101 (38) | 110 (43) | 114 (46) | 111 (44) | 108 (42) | 97 (36) | 85 (29) | 72 (22) | 114 (46) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.4 (−0.3) | 35.3 (1.8) | 46.6 (8.1) | 57.8 (14.3) | 68.1 (20.1) | 78.5 (25.8) | 86.5 (30.3) | 85.9 (29.9) | 76.7 (24.8) | 60.2 (15.7) | 45.5 (7.5) | 33.7 (0.9) | 58.9 (14.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 19.3 (−7.1) | 22.7 (−5.2) | 33.1 (0.6) | 43.8 (6.6) | 54.6 (12.6) | 65.1 (18.4) | 72.1 (22.3) | 70.5 (21.4) | 61.0 (16.1) | 45.9 (7.7) | 32.3 (0.2) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 45.2 (7.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 7.2 (−13.8) | 10.0 (−12.2) | 19.4 (−7.0) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 41.1 (5.1) | 51.6 (10.9) | 57.6 (14.2) | 55.1 (12.8) | 45.2 (7.3) | 31.6 (−0.2) | 19.0 (−7.2) | 10.4 (−12.0) | 31.5 (−0.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −28 (−33) | −33 (−36) | −26 (−32) | −3 (−19) | 19 (−7) | 33 (1) | 35 (2) | 38 (3) | 22 (−6) | −4 (−20) | −18 (−28) | −34 (−37) | −34 (−37) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 0.33 (8.4) | 0.45 (11) | 0.91 (23) | 1.89 (48) | 3.19 (81) | 2.93 (74) | 2.44 (62) | 1.41 (36) | 1.15 (29) | 1.59 (40) | 0.44 (11) | 0.38 (9.7) | 17.11 (433.1) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.0 (13) | 5.1 (13) | 8.8 (22) | 8.1 (21) | 0.9 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.4 (8.6) | 4.1 (10) | 7.1 (18) | 42.5 (107.9) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 66.8 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 16.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[6] | |||||||||||||
Plainview is located in a staunchly-Republican supporting area, as according toThe New York Times and its "Extremely Detailed Map of the2020 Election", Plainview and neighboring communityHowes are part of a precinct where 28 out of a total 33 votes went to GOP incumbent presidentDonald Trump overDemocratic nomineeJoe Biden.[8]
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