Oral, South Dakota
Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States
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Oral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.[3] The population was 66 at the 2020 census.[4]
Oral, South Dakota | |
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Rooftop in Oral | |
  Oral Location within the state of South Dakota  Oral Oral (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°24′18″N 103°16′7″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Fall River |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) |
| • Land | 1.68 sq mi (4.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,969 ft (905 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 66 |
| • Density | 39.4/sq mi (15.22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 57766 |
| FIPS code | 46-47340 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1265313[3] |
Demographics
History
A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894.[7] Some say Oral is the middle name of the first postmaster's son,[8] (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.[9]
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.[10]
| 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[11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[10] | |||||||||||||
Education
The school district is Hot Springs School District 23-2.[12]
