Hot Springs, South Dakota Hot Springs, South Dakota Welcome Sign in Hot Springs Welcome Sign in Hot Springs Location in Fall River County and the state of South Dakota Location in Fall River County and the state of South Dakota State South Dakota Hot Springs (Lakota: mni k ata; "hot water") is a town/city in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 3,711.
It is the governmental center of county of Fall River County. In addition, neighboring Oglala Lakota County contracts the duties of Auditor, Treasurer and Register of Deeds to the Fall River County authority in Hot Springs. The Evans Plunge in Hot Springs, South Dakota, ca.
Some of the attractions in the Hot Springs region are the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs and Evans Plunge, assembled in 1890, with its naturally warm 87 F (31 C) spring water.
Hot Springs holds the annual Miss South Dakota pageant.
In recognition of its historic value, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Hot Springs as one of its 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. The town/city center contains over 35 sandstone buildings. Hot Springs is also the home of a United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital (Black Hills Healthcare System - Hot Springs Campus), which was designated in 2011 as a National Historic Landmark.
After Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, Hot Springs was visited by members of the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for a Congressional field hearing regarding the proposed closure and the committee heard testimony from members of Save the VA Committee and the rest opposed to the closure as well as two VA administrators in favor of the closure. According to a several accounts, including a ledger art piece by the Oglala Lakota artist Amos Bad Heart Bull, Native Americans considered the springs sacred. European pioneer appeared in the second half of the 19th century.
Hot Springs is positioned at 43 26 N 103 29 W (43.4311, -103.4776). The Fall River runs through the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.61 square miles (9.35 km2), all of it land. Hot Springs has been assigned the ZIP code 57747 and the FIPS place code 30220.
Hot Springs overalll has a borderline cool semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa/Cwa) and a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dwa).
Owing to its locale in an region particularly apt to chinook winds, Hot Springs is one of the warmest places in South Dakota, with an annual mean temperature of 48.6 F (9.2 C). During the three winter months from December to February, twenty-five afternoons can be expected to exceed 50 F or 10 C and five winter afternoons will climb to 60 F or 15.6 C due to these warm winds.
Nonetheless, extreme cold occurs incessantly amid the winter when the Fohn effect is absent: the average window for minima below or reaching 0 F or 17.8 C is from December 3 to February 27, and fifteen mornings get this cold amid an average winter, with 20 F or 28.9 C reached twice per winter on average.
Thirty afternoons each winter stay below 32 F or 0 C, with all but seven in the harsh month of January 1937 not topping the freezing point.
Snowfall averages 31.1 inches or 0.79 metres vastly less than the extremely snowy high parts of the Black Hills due to the very dry winters and mostly warm temperatures.
The most snow in one months has been 29.6 inches (0.75 m) in April 2013, and the most in one full season 72.3 inches (1.84 m) from July 1975 to June 1976; in contrast the 1988 89 season had less than 11 inches or 0.28 metres of snow all winter.
Spring warms up early: the first afternoon climbing to 70 F or 21.1 C can be expected as early as March 22, and the first 80 F or 26.7 C maximum as early as April 22.
The wettest month on record has been May 1935 which saw 9.65 inches (245.1 mm) of precipitation, whilst the wettest calendar year overall has been 1915 with 32.01 inches (813.1 mm) and the driest 1960 with only 6.15 inches (156.2 mm).
On average, only two mornings each year will says above 20 C or 68 F, with only three mornings on record remaining at or above 77 F or 25 C, although five afternoons each summer top 100 F or 37.8 C and forty afternoons will top 90 F or 32.2 C.
The hottest temperature record in Hot Springs has been 112 F (44.4 C) on three occasions: July 25 of 1931, July 10 of 1933, and the same date six years later.
Climate data for Hot Springs, South Dakota (1981-2010, extremes since 1895) Mean maximum F ( C) 60 Average high F ( C) 41.0 Average low F ( C) 14.4 Record low F ( C) 41 Average rain days ( 0.01 inch) 4 4 6 8 10 10 8 7 6 6 4 4 74 Average snowy days ( 0.1 inch) 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14 There were 1,730 homeholds of which 21.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 47.4% were non-families.
42.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.79.
The median age in the town/city was 49.8 years.
19.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.8% were from 25 to 44; 32.9% were from 45 to 64; and 23.7% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,704 homeholds out of which 23.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 43.5% were non-families.
39.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 8.1% of families and 14.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.
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