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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

SDZ026-182200-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      75          56          67          52          60
Temp                      75 72 63 60 59 58 60 63 66 63 58 57 56 55 57 57 59 57
Dewpt                     60 61 61 60 59 58 60 61 60 61 58 57 56 55 57 57 57 56
RH                        60 68 93100100100100 93 81 93100100100100100100 93 96
Wind dir                  NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   6  5  4  2  3  3  4  6  8  9  9  6  6  6  8 10  9  9
Wind gust                 19 16 14                21 24             20 23 23 20
Clouds                    SC SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          50          60          70         100
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02        0.20        0.58
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                               S  S           S  S                 C  C  S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            49    63      49    73      53    79      53    79
Temp          53   50 59 62 52   51 67 69 57   54 73 73 58   54 74 74
Dewpt         53   50 56 55 52   51 57 58 56   54 58 58 55   51 56 55
PWind dir           E     E      SE     S       S     S      SW    NE
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           90    30      10     5      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D    C  C  C                S          S
Tstms          S                                      S

$$
WYZ054-182200-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      82          55          70          51          62
Temp                      81 78 66 61 58 57 60 65 68 65 57 56 55 54 56 59 61 59
Dewpt                     52 50 55 57 56 56 58 56 55 56 57 55 53 52 53 52 52 52
RH                        37 37 68 87 93 96 93 73 63 73100 96 93 93 90 78 72 78
Wind dir                  NE NE  E  S  S SW  S  S NE  N NE  S  S  S NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                   5  5  4  4  3  3  3  3  5  6  5  5  5  6  5  6  8  6
Wind gust                 18 18 19 16       14 18 20 23 19 17 18 19 16 19 20 19
Clouds                    FW OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          70          60          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.11        0.58        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                         C  C  C           S  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  S


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            47    68      49    76      53    79      53    80
Temp          52   49 63 66 54   51 69 73 58   55 74 75 59   55 76 77
Dewpt         51   49 50 48 49   49 50 47 51   49 49 46 47   45 45 42
PWind dir           W     S      SE     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      BZ    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           60     5       0     0      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     L    S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ001-182200-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      74          54          65          51          60
Temp                      73 70 60 59 57 56 59 64 65 60 56 56 55 53 56 58 60 57
Dewpt                     57 59 60 59 57 56 59 58 56 58 56 56 55 53 56 56 54 55
RH                        57 68100100100100100 81 73 93100100100100100 93 81 93
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5  9  9  5  4  5  8 12 14 16 14 13 13 13 14 16 16 16
Wind gust                                      23 27 27             26 28 31 27
Clouds                    SC SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02        0.13        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  L  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            48    65      48    72      52    78      53    80
Temp          52   50 62 62 52   50 67 68 55   53 73 73 57   54 76 74
Dewpt         52   50 52 51 51   50 54 55 55   53 57 55 56   52 54 52
PWind dir           E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC B1 FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           80    10       0     0       5    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D    S                                 S

$$
SDZ029-182200-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      75          53          62          49          55
Temp                      75 68 59 57 55 54 57 60 61 57 53 52 51 51 52 52 54 52
Dewpt                     52 56 58 57 55 54 57 57 56 56 53 52 51 51 52 52 52 51
RH                        45 65 96100100100100 90 84 96100100100100100100 93 96
Wind dir                  SE  E  E NW  N NE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  4  2  1  1  1  2  4  4  5  5  4  3  3  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                 16 16 12 11          14 17 18 17 14 13       16 18 17
Clouds                    SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          70          70          70         100
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.11        0.34        0.68
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S     C  C  L  L  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                            S  C  C  S     S  C  S        S  S  S  C  C  S
Obvis                                    PF


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            46    57      46    65      50    71      50    72
Temp          48   46 54 55 49   48 61 62 54   51 68 67 55   51 70 67
Dewpt         48   46 49 49 48   48 52 52 51   51 51 50 47   44 46 47
PWind dir           E     E      SE     S       S     S       W    NE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           90    60      30    20      30    30      20     5
Rain shwrs     D    L  L  C  C          S  C          C  S
Tstms          S                                      S  S

$$
SDZ013-182200-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      71          54          66          51          60
Temp                      70 67 60 58 57 56 58 63 65 63 57 56 55 54 55 57 59 58
Dewpt                     59 59 60 58 57 56 58 59 57 56 57 56 55 54 55 57 55 54
RH                        68 75100100100100100 87 75 78100100100100100100 87 86
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   6  6  6  5  4  5  8  9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 13 12 11
Wind gust                 17                      20 21             23 25 24
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            49    63      47    70      52    77      53    77
Temp          53   50 60 62 51   49 65 67 54   53 72 73 57   54 73 73
Dewpt         53   50 54 51 50   49 55 54 54   53 59 57 57   54 57 54
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           80    30      10     5      10    20      30     5
Rain shwrs     D    C  C  S                           S  C
Tstms                                                    S

$$
SDZ042-182200-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      77          55          70          52          64
Temp                      77 73 63 60 59 57 60 67 70 65 57 56 56 54 56 61 63 60
Dewpt                     61 62 62 60 59 57 60 59 58 59 57 56 56 54 56 56 55 56
RH                        58 68 97100100100100 75 66 81100100100100100 84 75 87
Wind dir                  NE NE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                   4  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  8 10  9  5  4  4  5  8  9  9
Wind gust                                            20    16             19
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          70         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.27        0.58
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C  S  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                  S           S  S           S  S  C  C  S


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            48    65      48    71      53    78      54    78
Temp          53   49 62 64 53   51 68 68 57   55 73 73 59   54 75 74
Dewpt         53   49 53 53 52   51 55 55 55   54 56 56 55   53 54 54
PWind dir          NE    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           90    40      10    10      10    20      20     5
Rain shwrs     D    C  C  C                S          S  S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ032-182200-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
1241 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      73          53          67          50          62
Temp                      73 70 61 59 58 56 58 63 67 65 58 57 55 53 56 58 61 60
Dewpt                     62 62 61 59 58 56 58 61 60 60 58 57 55 53 56 58 57 57
RH                        68 76100100100100100 93 78 84100100100100100100 87 90
Wind dir                   N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   9  8  5  4  4  4  6  8  9 10  9  9  9 10 11 12 12 11
Wind gust                                         19 20             21 24 24 21
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          70         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.10        0.37
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S     C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms


Date               Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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            47    64      45    72      52    79      53    79
Temp          53   49 60 63 50   48 67 70 55   53 73 75 58   54 74 76
Dewpt         53   49 55 53 50   48 56 56 54   53 60 59 57   54 59 57
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    30      10    10      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs     D    D  C  S                              S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
SDZ049-182200-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
141 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
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                      77          58          67          54          62
Temp                      76 72 65 62 61 60 60 62 64 66 61 59 58 56 57 59 61 60
Dewpt                     66 66 65 62 61 60 60 62 62 63 61 59 58 56 57 57 58 60
RH                        71 81100100100100100100 93 90100100100100100 93 90100
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                  10  8  8  6  6  8  9 10 10 10  9  8  8  9 10 11 11 10
Wind gust                                                              21 21
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  L  L  L  L  C  C  D  D  D
Tstms
Obvis                              PF PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          51    62      48    68      53    73      55    75
Temp          55 52 58 60   52 50 63 65   54 54 67 71   58 56 70 71
Dewpt         55 52 55 57   52 50 54 57   54 54 58 61   58 56 61 62
PWind dir         E     E      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90    50      10     5      20    30      30    10
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C                     S  C  S    C  C
Tstms                                                    S

$$