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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 / 43.40500°N 103.26861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Fall River |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) |
| • Land | 1.67 sq mi (4.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,969 ft (905 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 66 |
| • Density | 39.43/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] |
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 has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.[5]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 66 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] | |||
History
[edit]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]
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Sign in Oral
Climate
[edit]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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "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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