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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

SDZ026-282200-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      94          66          97          67          94
Temp             67 78 87 92 90 79 74 69 67 79 92 96 91 80 74 69 67 76 88 92 89
Dewpt            63 64 62 58 58 59 60 61 61 64 64 60 61 63 63 64 63 65 64 61 59
RH               87 62 43 32 34 50 62 76 81 60 40 30 37 56 69 84 87 69 45 36 37
Wind dir          S  S  E  E NE  E  S SW SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW NW  N  N NE
Wind spd          4  4  9 10 11  9  6  4  3  8 14 14 12 10  6  4  4  6 10 12 12
Wind gust                 20                   26 27 25 21             20 25 24
Clouds           SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC CL FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  S  S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  S           C  C  S
Obvis                   K  K  K  K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            63    94      64    96      67   103      70    93
Temp          71   64 88 90 72   65 90 94 75   69 96100 79   70 88 90
Dewpt         61   59 59 54 57   57 56 50 53   54 53 46 51   49 44 42
PWind dir           N    SE       S    SE       S     S       S     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20    10      10     0       0     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
WYZ054-282200-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      95          66          97          64          95
Temp             72 81 90 93 93 82 76 71 67 79 93 96 92 79 74 69 65 76 89 94 91
Dewpt            60 60 55 50 49 54 57 59 58 61 55 49 50 56 57 57 56 58 54 48 47
RH               66 49 31 23 22 38 52 66 73 54 28 20 24 45 55 66 73 54 30 21 22
Wind dir          S  S SE SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  E NE  S SW SW  W  N  N  N
Wind spd          8  5  8  9 10 11 13 10 10 11 10  6  8 10  8  6  5  4  6 10 11
Wind gust                 19    23 26             17 18                17 21 23
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  S  S        C  C  L  L              S  S
Tstms                   S  S  C  S              S  C  C  S                 S
Obvis             K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            63    97      64   100      69   102      64    88
Temp          72   64 93 94 74   65 94 98 80   71 96 99 78   65 82 86
Dewpt         53   54 49 44 51   52 47 39 47   49 41 35 42   39 34 34
PWind dir          SE    SW      SE     S      SE     W      NE     N
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           10    20      10     0       0     0      10     0
Rain shwrs                S
Tstms                     S

$$
SDZ001-282200-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      99          65         100          65          93
Temp             68 82 93 98 96 82 75 69 66 81 96 99 94 80 74 68 65 77 88 92 88
Dewpt            62 62 54 49 46 50 54 56 57 61 59 56 55 59 60 61 60 62 61 59 57
RH               81 51 27 19 18 33 48 63 73 51 29 24 27 49 62 78 84 60 40 33 35
Wind dir         SW NW  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE  S SE  S NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          5  5  9 12 14 11  9  6  4  9 14 16 14 12 10  6  4  5  9 11 12
Wind gust                 23                      26 25
Clouds           B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C                 S  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            61    96      62    99      66   104      65    90
Temp          69   62 90 91 72   64 93 96 77   68 99101 78   66 86 87
Dewpt         59   58 57 52 55   55 54 48 52   53 52 46 47   47 41 37
PWind dir          SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      NE     N
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20    10      10     0       0     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ029-282200-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      84          61          88          61          86
Temp             63 75 81 81 79 72 68 64 62 74 85 86 81 73 68 65 62 74 84 82 79
Dewpt            56 56 57 56 56 55 56 56 56 59 58 57 59 58 59 58 57 59 57 57 55
RH               78 52 44 42 45 55 65 75 81 59 40 37 47 59 73 78 84 59 40 43 44
Wind dir         NW  N  E  E  E  E SE SW  W  S SE SE SE  E SE  W  W NW NE  N NE
Wind spd          3  2  5  6  5  3  1  1  0  3  6  6  5  3  2  1  2  2  3  5  5
Wind gust                    16                17 19 17 13             13 17 18
Clouds           B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          10          30          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.03        0.16        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C                    C  C  L  L  S  S        L  L  S
Tstms                   C  C                    C  C  C  C  S           C  C  S
Obvis                   K  K  K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            59    85      59    86      61    93      64    86
Temp          66   59 84 80 66   61 83 85 69   63 88 91 73   64 83 81
Dewpt         55   52 52 52 52   51 51 48 49   50 49 43 47   44 43 39
PWind dir           N     S      NE     S       S     S       S     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20    30      10     0       0     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     S          C
Tstms          S          C

$$
SDZ013-282200-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      97          67          99          67          91
Temp             67 76 90 95 94 81 75 69 67 79 93 98 95 81 74 69 68 74 86 89 85
Dewpt            64 65 60 56 55 59 60 61 63 65 62 59 59 62 63 64 65 66 65 63 63
RH               90 69 37 27 27 47 60 76 87 62 36 28 30 53 69 84 90 76 50 42 48
Wind dir          S  S SE SE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S SE  N  N  N
Wind spd          8  9  8 10 10  9  8  6  6  9 14 14 14 11 11  9  6  8  9 10 11
Wind gust                                         25 25
Clouds           SC CL FW FW CL FW CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  S           S  C  C
Obvis                      K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            62    92      63    95      65   102      69    93
Temp          69   63 86 90 70   64 89 92 73   67 94 99 77   70 89 90
Dewpt         63   63 61 56 59   59 57 51 55   55 55 48 54   52 50 43
PWind dir           N    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SE     N
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           40    10      20     0       0     0      10     0
Rain shwrs     C             S
Tstms          C             S

$$
SDZ042-282200-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      90          66          94          67          92
Temp             65 74 86 88 86 77 74 69 67 78 90 93 90 79 75 70 68 77 88 91 88
Dewpt            63 64 62 60 60 61 63 64 63 65 63 61 61 63 65 65 63 64 63 60 60
RH               93 71 45 39 42 58 69 84 87 64 41 35 38 58 71 84 84 64 43 36 39
Wind dir         SE  S  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S SE  S SW NW  N  N
Wind spd          3  3  5  9 10  8  5  4  4  5 10 11 12 10  8  6  5  5  8 10 11
Clouds           B2 FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  S  S                    L  L  C  C        S  S  S
Tstms             S     S  S  S  S                    C  C  S           S  S  S
Obvis                      K  K  K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            63    92      63    94      67    99      70    93
Temp          72   64 88 89 72   65 89 92 75   69 94 97 79   71 89 91
Dewpt         63   61 57 53 57   57 54 51 54   54 52 49 52   50 48 47
PWind dir           N     N      SE     S      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     5      10     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ032-282200-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
551 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      95          68          98          68          93
Temp             69 80 89 93 92 81 75 70 68 80 93 98 94 82 76 71 69 77 87 91 87
Dewpt            66 67 62 60 61 63 64 64 64 67 64 63 64 66 67 67 66 68 67 66 66
RH               90 65 41 33 36 54 69 81 87 65 38 32 37 58 74 87 90 74 52 44 50
Wind dir          S  S  S SE  E SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  N  N  N
Wind spd          3  6  9 10 11  6  6  4  3  5 11 14 16 12 10  8  5  6  9 11 12
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.13        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  L  L  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  C  S           C  C  C
Obvis                      K  K  K     K


Date               Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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            63    93      63    95      66   101      70    96
Temp          71   64 86 90 71   65 89 93 74   68 95 99 79   71 91 92
Dewpt         66   64 63 58 61   60 58 53 57   56 55 52 55   53 52 50
PWind dir           N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           40     5      10     0       5     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     C
Tstms          C

$$
SDZ049-282200-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
651 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date             Tue 07/28/26            Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26
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                      93          69          96          69          91
Temp             67 76 86 91 91 78 75 71 70 80 91 94 93 79 76 72 70 76 85 89 85
Dewpt            65 66 62 61 62 64 64 66 67 69 66 64 65 68 69 70 70 70 71 69 70
RH               93 71 45 37 38 62 69 84 90 69 44 37 40 69 79 93100 82 63 52 61
Wind dir         NW SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  N
Wind spd          5  6 10 12 10 10  9  9  9 10 13 14 16 16 13 11 11 11 10 11 11
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.29        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                                S  S  L  L  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C  S  S  S  C  C
Obvis             K     K  K  K  K  K  K


Date          Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26
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          65    89      63    88      65    94      69    96
Temp          71 66 83 86   70 64 84 86   71 66 89 92   75 70 90 92
Dewpt         69 66 66 63   64 63 62 59   60 59 59 57   59 58 59 58
PWind dir         N     N      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      WY    WY
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC CL   CL FW FW CL   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40     5      10     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     C
Tstms          C

$$