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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

SDZ026-152200-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      52          46          60          39          65
Temp                      52 51 49 49 47 47 51 55 60 54 46 42 39 39 49 61 64 56
Dewpt                     49 50 49 49 47 47 50 49 47 46 43 41 38 37 40 36 34 36
RH                        89 96100100100100 96 80 62 74 89 96 96 92 71 39 32 47
Wind dir                   E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW  W NW NW  W SW SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd                   8  6  8  9 10 11 11 12 11  9  8  6  6  6  9 12 13 10
Wind gust                                21 21 24 24 19                24 25 20
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          80          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.42        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O AR AR
Rain shwrs                    C  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S  C  C  C
Obvis                      F  F  F  F  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    54      27    68      43    64      36    58
Temp          44   40 50 49 36   30 62 62 51   44 60 57 43   36 54 53
Dewpt         35   35 30 26 25   23 33 35 35   32 33 32 32   29 30 30
PWind dir          NW    NW       W     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B1 FW CL   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           20    30       0     0       5    10      20    10
Rain                S  C                                 S    S

$$
WYZ054-152200-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      58          42          46          37          60
Temp                      58 55 51 49 45 43 44 45 46 43 40 40 38 39 46 55 59 51
Dewpt                     52 52 51 49 45 43 44 44 43 41 39 39 37 36 38 35 35 35
RH                        80 90100100100100100 96 89 93 96 96 96 89 73 47 40 54
Wind dir                  SE SE SW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  13 11  6  6 11 13 14 13 14 13 10  8 10 11 12 14 14 11
Wind gust                 25 23          24    24 26 25 21       21    25 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          70          80          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.22        0.23        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain                                                                          S
Rain shwrs                    C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                         S  S  S  S
Obvis                        PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    49      29    66      39    56      30    54
Temp          42   36 45 44 36   34 61 61 49   40 53 50 37   31 50 49
Dewpt         34   33 30 26 24   25 34 37 35   33 32 31 30   28 30 29
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW    SW       W     W      NW     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 FW CL   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           50    20       0     0      30    20      20    10
Rain           S    C  S                           S  S  S    S
Rain shwrs                                 S    C
Snow                S                                         S

$$
SDZ001-152200-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          45          52          40          59
Temp                      49 49 47 47 45 45 49 51 52 48 44 43 43 41 47 55 58 52
Dewpt                     45 46 47 47 45 45 49 49 48 46 42 41 41 39 40 37 36 37
RH                        86 89100100100100100 93 86 93 93 93 93 92 76 51 44 56
Wind dir                   E  E  E NE NE  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  18 16 13  9 10 10 12 17 19 18 20 20 20 19 23 27 27 20
Wind gust                    26                   29 31 33 33 35 34 37 41 43 32
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          90          80          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.17        0.36        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O AR AR
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  D  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF  F  F  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    52      31    64      39    58      33    55
Temp          42   38 48 47 36   31 58 57 47   40 54 52 40   34 52 49
Dewpt         36   35 31 27 28   26 32 35 36   33 36 34 32   31 32 30
PWind dir           W    NW       W     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    10       0     0      30    20      20    10
Rain                C                              S          S
Rain shwrs                                 S    C
Snow                                                          S

$$
SDZ029-152200-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          45          53          35          54
Temp                      49 48 48 48 47 46 49 51 51 44 39 37 36 36 45 52 54 47
Dewpt                     48 47 48 48 47 46 47 43 40 37 35 35 34 33 33 30 30 30
RH                        96 96100100100100 93 74 66 76 85 92 92 89 62 43 40 51
Wind dir                   E  E  E NE NE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd                   8  6  6  4  4  4  8 10 11 11 11 10  9  9 10 12 12  8
Wind gust                 20 18 19             21 25 25 29    29 24 26 26 25 18
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          90          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.33        0.21           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O
Rain shwrs                    C  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         C  C  C  C
Obvis                      F  F  F  F  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    45      26    60      38    55      30    50
Temp          40   35 43 39 32   29 56 54 47   39 53 47 37   31 47 44
Dewpt         29   29 23 20 21   20 26 31 30   29 26 26 26   24 24 25
PWind dir          NW    NW       W     W       W     W      NW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           30    40       0     0      10    20      20    10
Rain                C  C                              S  S
Snow                C  C                                 S    S

$$
SDZ013-152200-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      50          46          57          41          59
Temp                      50 49 49 50 48 48 52 54 57 52 47 44 42 42 49 57 59 54
Dewpt                     48 49 49 50 48 48 52 52 50 49 46 42 41 41 42 39 38 39
RH                        93100100100100100100 93 77 89 96 93 96 96 77 51 45 57
Wind dir                   E  E  E NE NE  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  13 12 13 13 12 10 12 16 17 14 16 17 17 16 17 21 20 14
Wind gust                                               27 27 29 27 28 33 32 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          90          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.25        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O AR AR
Rain shwrs                 S  C  L  D  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                            C  C  S
Obvis                     PF  F  F  F  F  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    52      32    63      41    59      36    55
Temp          44   40 49 47 38   32 54 55 47   42 55 53 43   37 52 49
Dewpt         38   38 33 29 29   28 33 37 37   34 36 36 35   32 34 33
PWind dir           W    NW       W     S       S    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           30    20       0     0      20    10      20    10
Rain                C  S                                 S    S
Rain shwrs                                      S

$$
SDZ042-152200-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          49          61          37          63
Temp                      59 59 57 55 51 49 52 57 61 55 47 43 39 38 48 59 63 58
Dewpt                     55 54 55 52 51 49 51 49 44 41 41 39 38 36 37 36 32 32
RH                        87 83 93 90100100 96 75 53 59 79 86 96 92 65 42 31 37
Wind dir                   E  E SE SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  12 11 12  6  6  8 10 13 13 12 11 10 10 10 13 17 16 10
Wind gust                    21 23    19          24    23
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          50          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                   AR AR AR
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF  F  F  F PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    54      26    69      41    65      33    58
Temp          44   39 49 49 36   30 61 63 53   42 61 58 43   34 54 53
Dewpt         34   33 33 24 25   24 30 32 33   32 32 29 32   30 30 29
PWind dir           W    NW       W    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 SC FW   CL FW CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10    40       0     0       0     5      20    10
Rain                   C                                 S    S
Snow                                                          S

$$
SDZ032-152200-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
1246 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          50          62          41          66
Temp                      53 53 52 53 51 50 56 59 62 56 49 44 41 41 50 62 65 58
Dewpt                     50 52 52 53 51 50 54 51 49 48 46 43 41 39 41 38 35 38
RH                        89 96100100100100 93 75 62 74 89 96100 92 71 41 33 47
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  S  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd                  16 16 14 12 11  6 11 14 17 13 11 10  9 10 13 17 18 13
Wind gust                 26    25             25    24          20 24    28
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          50          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                   AR AR AR
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                         S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF  F  F  F  F  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    56      26    67      42    65      36    60
Temp          45   40 52 50 38   29 60 60 49   43 62 58 45   37 55 53
Dewpt         38   38 35 29 29   26 32 36 37   35 35 35 35   32 33 32
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    SW      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 SC FW   FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10    40       0     0       5     5      20    10
Rain                   C                                 S    S

$$
SDZ049-152200-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
146 PM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      60          57          76          45          68
Temp                      60 59 59 61 60 60 65 72 72 61 55 50 47 45 53 62 66 59
Dewpt                     54 57 59 58 55 55 57 59 58 57 53 49 46 43 45 44 42 42
RH                        81 93100 90 84 84 75 64 61 87 93 96 96 93 74 52 42 53
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  17 16 18 18 20 21 23 23 19 13 12 11 10 11 13 17 16 10
Wind gust                    26    28 33 34 36 35 31                   27 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          70          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.17        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                               S  S        S  S
Obvis                     PF  F PF    PF PF


Date          Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          42    56      33    66      45    68      41    60
Temp          49 43 52 50   42 34 58 58   52 46 63 59   48 42 56 54
Dewpt         39 38 41 34   31 29 33 36   36 37 38 38   36 35 35 35
PWind dir         W    NW       W    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B1   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0    30       0     0       0     5      20    10
Rain                 C  S                                   S

$$