Oral, South Dakota
Oral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census.
Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 66 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
History
A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894. Some say Oral is the middle name of the first postmaster's son, (John Oral Goodman, later of Riverton, WY) while others believe the community was so named with the expectation the place would become something people would be talking about.
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Sign in Oral
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oral has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Oral was 112 °F (44.4 °C) on July 7, 1973, while the coldest temperature recorded was −43 °F (−41.7 °C) on December 21, 1983 and December 24, 1983.
| Climate data for Oral, South Dakota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 74 (23) |
73 (23) |
84 (29) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
109 (43) |
112 (44) |
108 (42) |
104 (40) |
94 (34) |
83 (28) |
71 (22) |
112 (44) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 59.0 (15.0) |
62.7 (17.1) |
76.1 (24.5) |
83.2 (28.4) |
90.9 (32.7) |
98.4 (36.9) |
102.5 (39.2) |
101.4 (38.6) |
97.6 (36.4) |
86.6 (30.3) |
72.7 (22.6) |
60.3 (15.7) |
103.9 (39.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.2 (3.4) |
41.2 (5.1) |
51.7 (10.9) |
60.2 (15.7) |
69.4 (20.8) |
80.4 (26.9) |
89.0 (31.7) |
87.9 (31.1) |
79.1 (26.2) |
63.9 (17.7) |
49.9 (9.9) |
39.7 (4.3) |
62.6 (17.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.8 (−4.0) |
27.1 (−2.7) |
36.4 (2.4) |
44.9 (7.2) |
55.0 (12.8) |
65.3 (18.5) |
72.6 (22.6) |
70.5 (21.4) |
61.0 (16.1) |
47.4 (8.6) |
35.2 (1.8) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
47.2 (8.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.3 (−11.5) |
12.9 (−10.6) |
21.1 (−6.1) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
40.6 (4.8) |
50.2 (10.1) |
56.1 (13.4) |
53.2 (11.8) |
42.8 (6.0) |
31.0 (−0.6) |
20.5 (−6.4) |
12.6 (−10.8) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −12.8 (−24.9) |
−12.2 (−24.6) |
2.4 (−16.4) |
14.4 (−9.8) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
39.1 (3.9) |
45.6 (7.6) |
42.4 (5.8) |
31.0 (−0.6) |
14.9 (−9.5) |
0.9 (−17.3) |
−9.3 (−22.9) |
−22.5 (−30.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −34 (−37) |
−38 (−39) |
−32 (−36) |
−5 (−21) |
15 (−9) |
32 (0) |
36 (2) |
31 (−1) |
17 (−8) |
−8 (−22) |
−21 (−29) |
−43 (−42) |
−43 (−42) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.38 (9.7) |
0.56 (14) |
0.86 (22) |
2.03 (52) |
3.30 (84) |
3.05 (77) |
2.35 (60) |
2.01 (51) |
1.45 (37) |
1.28 (33) |
0.53 (13) |
0.40 (10) |
18.20 (462) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.6 (14) |
7.1 (18) |
5.6 (14) |
5.2 (13) |
1.2 (3.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.8 (4.6) |
3.7 (9.4) |
6.6 (17) |
36.8 (93) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 5.0 (13) |
4.5 (11) |
4.0 (10) |
3.0 (7.6) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.2 (3.0) |
2.6 (6.6) |
4.3 (11) |
9.0 (23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 76.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 18.0 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oral
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Oral CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ "Oral, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "Fall River County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 110.
- ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Rapid City". National Weather Service. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Oral, SD". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
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