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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

SDZ026-151000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      59          76          56          81          56
Temp                   70 66 61 67 72 75 72 65 60 58 56 65 75 77 78 66 61 58 56
Dewpt                  58 57 60 62 61 60 62 60 59 58 56 61 63 63 63 62 61 58 56
RH                     66 73 97 84 68 60 71 84 96100100 87 66 62 60 87100100100
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  W  W  W NW NW NW SE  S  S  E  S SW SW  W
Wind spd                9  9 11 13 12  8  5  4  3  2  1  5 12 10  9  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                 23 21 24 24 20 17                   21 19
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          30          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.13        0.02        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C              C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  S        C  C  C  C              C  C  C  S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          86      58    83      55    79      53    82      56    87
Temp          81 81 63   58 78 77 61   56 74 74 60   55 77 78 61   57 81 83
Dewpt         60 60 59   57 61 57 57   56 59 57 56   54 58 54 55   53 56 52
PWind dir        NE       W     N      NW    NE      SW     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    30      40    40      30    10      20     5
Rain shwrs        S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  C  C    S             S
Tstms             S  C    S     C  C          C  C    S             S

$$
WYZ054-151000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      54          75          53          83          55
Temp                   63 59 56 64 68 72 73 65 60 57 55 65 76 80 82 69 63 59 56
Dewpt                  55 56 56 58 57 54 54 55 56 56 55 60 57 54 51 52 54 54 53
RH                     75 90100 81 68 53 51 70 87 96100 84 52 41 34 55 72 83 90
Wind dir                N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  S  S  S  S  S  N  N NE SE  S SW
Wind spd                5  3  3  5  6  6  5  4  3  4  8 10  6  6  8  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                          17 19 18
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          50          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.09        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C                    S  S
Tstms                   S  S        C  C  C  C                    S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          87      57    82      52    80      52    83      55    87
Temp          80 85 65   58 76 78 61   54 73 77 61   55 77 81 63   57 81 85
Dewpt         52 46 52   53 51 48 51   51 50 47 50   49 48 43 47   47 45 42
PWind dir         W      SW    NW       W    NW      SE    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      40    50      30    20      20     5      10     5
Rain shwrs           C    C  C     C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                C             C          S  S

$$
SDZ001-151000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      56          79          54          81          55
Temp                   62 60 57 64 72 77 73 65 59 56 54 63 75 77 73 65 61 58 56
Dewpt                  61 58 57 58 55 54 55 56 56 55 54 57 59 58 60 60 60 58 56
RH                     97 93100 81 55 45 53 73 90 96100 81 58 52 64 84 97100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  W
Wind spd                8  6  8 10 12 11 10  6  4  3  3  8 11 10 10  9  8  5  5
Wind gust                       20 23 24 20
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          87      56    81      53    80      52    83      54    87
Temp          82 80 63   57 75 73 59   54 73 73 59   54 77 76 60   55 80 81
Dewpt         57 55 57   55 57 54 56   54 55 52 54   53 53 50 53   51 52 49
PWind dir         W      NE    NW       N     W       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      40    50      40    30      30    10      10    10
Rain shwrs           C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  C    S
Tstms                C    S  S  C  S          S  S    S

$$
SDZ029-151000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      54          71          51          75          52
Temp                   63 59 55 64 65 67 63 58 56 54 52 62 69 72 70 61 58 55 53
Dewpt                  56 55 55 58 58 58 59 58 56 53 52 59 59 57 57 57 56 53 52
RH                     78 87100 81 78 73 87100100 96100 90 70 59 63 87 93 93 96
Wind dir                N  N NW  N  S  E NE NW NW  N  N  S  S  S SE  E  W NW NW
Wind spd                3  3  1  2  2  3  3  1  1  0  0  3  5  5  4  2  2  3  3
Wind gust                          12 14 13                16 17 16
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          70          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.41        0.10        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S        C  C  C  C              C  C  C  S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          80      55    78      51    73      50    76      53    81
Temp          79 72 61   55 76 73 58   52 70 69 56   52 73 73 58   54 77 77
Dewpt         52 53 54   51 50 51 51   50 50 51 50   49 49 48 48   47 46 47
PWind dir         W       N    NW      NW     N      NW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      40    30      50    50      30    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  C  C    S
Tstms             C  C    S     C  C          C  C    S

$$
SDZ013-151000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      58          78          55          79          56
Temp                   71 66 59 64 71 77 76 68 61 57 55 62 72 77 76 66 62 58 57
Dewpt                  65 62 59 61 60 58 57 58 57 56 55 59 60 60 60 61 60 58 57
RH                     81 87100 90 68 52 52 70 87 96100 90 66 56 58 84 93100100
Wind dir                N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SW
Wind spd                4  6 11 13 12 11  9  6  4  4  3  5  6  6  6  8  9  6  5
Wind gust                       24 23 21
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S  C  S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          85      58    79      53    76      53    79      55    83
Temp          78 82 65   59 73 74 61   55 69 73 60   55 73 76 61   56 77 80
Dewpt         63 57 59   59 63 59 58   55 59 56 57   55 59 55 57   55 59 54
PWind dir         W       S     N       N    SE       S     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 OV B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      30    40      30    20      30    10      20    10
Rain shwrs           S    C  C  C  C    C     S  C    C             S
Tstms                S    S  S  C  C          S  C                  S

$$
SDZ042-151000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      61          79          55          84          57
Temp                   72 66 62 69 75 78 76 68 64 58 56 67 79 83 81 69 65 61 58
Dewpt                  65 63 60 61 61 58 58 61 60 58 56 60 61 58 59 62 61 59 58
RH                     79 90 93 76 62 50 54 78 87100100 78 54 43 47 78 87 93100
Wind dir               SW  W  N  N  N  N NE NE SW  W SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd                4  3  5 10 11 10  9  3  1  0  1  3  6  6  9  9  6  5  4
Wind gust                                                           19 17
Clouds                 OV OV B1 SC B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  C  S  C  C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S        S  C  C  C              S  C  C  C


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          88      58    86      55    80      55    83      57    87
Temp          83 86 68   59 82 82 65   56 76 78 63   56 79 81 65   58 82 85
Dewpt         60 56 60   57 59 57 59   56 57 54 57   56 57 53 56   55 55 53
PWind dir         W      SE    NW      NE    NE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      30    20      40    30      40    10      20    10
Rain shwrs           S    C     S  C    C  S  C  C    C        S
Tstms                S    C     S  C    S     S  C    S        S

$$
SDZ032-151000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
1116 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      61          81          57          81          57
Temp                   71 67 63 69 75 80 79 70 63 58 57 66 76 79 80 68 63 60 58
Dewpt                  67 65 63 64 63 61 60 61 59 58 57 60 60 61 62 63 61 60 58
RH                     87 93100 84 66 52 52 73 87100100 81 58 54 54 84 93100100
Wind dir               NE  N NW  N  N  N  N NW  N NE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE  S SW
Wind spd                4  6 11 12 12 11 10  5  4  2  2  4  6  6 10 10  8  6  3
Wind gust                          23 21
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S                             S  S  L  L  C  C
Tstms                   S  S                                   S  C  S  S


Date           08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          86      59    82      55    78      54    80      56    85
Temp          80 85 65   60 78 79 62   56 73 76 60   56 76 79 62   58 80 83
Dewpt         64 61 62   60 66 63 61   56 62 59 59   56 62 59 59   57 61 58
PWind dir        NW       S     N       N    NE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      50    50      30    20      40    10      20    10
Rain shwrs           S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S          S
Tstms                S    C  S  C  C    C     S  C    C             S

$$
SDZ049-151000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
1216 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/14/26      Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          80          59          81          60
Temp                   69 68 67 72 75 79 77 70 66 61 59 67 76 79 78 69 65 63 61
Dewpt                  67 67 67 71 70 67 67 66 64 61 59 63 63 62 63 65 64 63 61
RH                     93 97100 97 84 67 71 87 93100100 87 64 56 60 87 97100100
Wind dir               SE  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  8  6 11 12 11  9  6  5  4  3  3  5  6  6  8  9  9 10
Wind gust                             21                   16 17
Clouds                 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5           5          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.22           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S                             S  S  L  L  S
Tstms                      S        S                             S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/17  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          86      62    84      58    77      57    79      59    83
Temp          81 82   67 63 81 78   65 60 74 74   62 59 74 75   63 60 79 79
Dewpt         69 68   67 63 70 68   65 60 63 62   61 59 64 64   62 59 65 65
PWind dir        SW       S     W      NW    NE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      50    40      40    20      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S       S  C  S  S    S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C  S          S  C     S    S  S

$$