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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

SDZ026-212200-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          60          87          63          93
Temp                   86 89 87 76 69 63 61 68 78 86 83 74 70 66 64 71 86 92 89
Dewpt                  57 57 57 57 57 58 57 59 60 60 59 60 60 62 62 64 63 61 61
RH                     37 34 36 52 66 84 87 73 54 42 44 62 71 87 93 79 46 36 39
Wind dir               SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE NE  N
Wind spd                9 11 10  9  2  2  2  4 12 16 17 14 11 12 11 14  8  8  9
Wind gust              21 23 21 19             24 28 31 32 26 27 25 28 19 20 19
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C              S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S                 S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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            64    92      62    84      57    86      59    88
Temp          70   64 87 86 68   63 79 80 64   58 80 82 65   60 82 82
Dewpt         62   57 58 56 54   52 54 51 51   52 55 54 54   55 57 55
PWind dir          NW     N      NW     N      NW    SE       S    SE
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    30      30    30      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S          C  C    C  C  C                     S     S
Tstms          S          C  C    S  S  C                           S

$$
WYZ054-212200-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          62          88          63          93
Temp                   94 95 92 79 71 65 63 73 83 88 86 76 72 67 64 75 89 92 89
Dewpt                  44 42 43 46 50 52 54 59 59 57 55 57 58 58 57 58 53 48 48
RH                     18 16 18 31 47 63 72 62 44 35 35 52 61 73 78 55 29 22 24
Wind dir                W  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W NW NW  N
Wind spd                8 11 14 11  5  4  5 11 18 17 18 21 20 16 11  6  8 10 10
Wind gust                    26 23          23 29 29 31 35 35 28 23    18 21 21
Clouds                 SC SC FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C                    C
Tstms                                              C  C  S                    S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    88      59    83      57    87      59    88
Temp          69   62 84 86 67   60 79 81 64   58 83 85 67   60 85 85
Dewpt         53   52 48 43 46   48 47 44 47   49 48 42 48   49 43 39
PWind dir           W    NW       E     N       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    10      40    20      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C             C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          S             S          S  S

$$
SDZ001-212200-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      89          57          87          62          93
Temp                   87 89 86 73 66 60 58 68 80 86 83 73 69 64 62 69 85 92 87
Dewpt                  49 49 50 51 51 50 50 53 53 53 52 54 55 56 57 62 63 60 61
RH                     27 25 29 46 58 69 75 59 39 32 34 51 61 75 84 78 48 34 42
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  E
Wind spd               11 12 13 12 11  9  8 12 18 20 21 20 20 18 16 14 11 10 12
Wind gust              21                      28 32 34 34 34 31 27 25 21
Clouds                 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C              C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    92      59    85      54    86      57    88
Temp          68   62 88 86 66   59 81 80 61   55 80 80 64   58 82 81
Dewpt         62   59 54 46 49   48 46 44 48   47 48 46 50   51 54 50
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       N    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    10      10     5       0     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     C                  S                                 S
Tstms          S                                                    S

$$
SDZ029-212200-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          56          79          57          87
Temp                   84 83 78 68 63 59 57 66 73 78 76 67 64 60 58 69 83 84 83
Dewpt                  45 48 53 54 54 54 55 57 56 56 55 57 58 58 57 60 55 54 54
RH                     26 30 42 61 72 83 93 73 55 47 48 70 81 93 96 73 38 36 37
Wind dir                E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  S SW SW  W NW  N
Wind spd                5  6  6  5  4  3  4  6  9  9  9  6  4  3  2  3  5  5  4
Wind gust              16 18 18 19 14 13 14 18 20 23 21 20 16 14       16 17 14
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                          C  C                    S
Tstms                   S  S                          C  S                    S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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      56    76      52    78      54    81
Temp          65   59 84 78 62   57 73 72 59   54 75 74 60   55 79 76
Dewpt         54   51 50 51 49   48 50 50 46   47 49 49 49   50 48 47
PWind dir          NW    NW       N    NE       N    SE       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    30      50    60      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S          C  C    C  C  L  S          S             S
Tstms          S          C  C    S  S  C  S          S             S

$$
SDZ013-212200-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      88          59          85          61          88
Temp                   86 88 85 73 67 62 60 69 77 84 82 72 67 63 62 68 81 87 84
Dewpt                  54 53 52 54 54 53 52 55 54 54 53 54 55 56 58 62 65 64 64
RH                     34 30 32 51 63 72 75 61 45 36 37 53 65 78 87 81 58 46 51
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11  9  9  9  8  9  9 11 12 12 14 14 16 18 19 20 18 16 14
Wind gust                                         23    25 26 28 29 31 28 26
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S        C
Tstms                                                       S  S              C


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    91      61    85      57    84      58    86
Temp          66   61 84 87 67   61 80 81 63   57 78 80 64   58 78 80
Dewpt         63   61 63 56 56   52 51 48 52   51 52 51 55   54 57 56
PWind dir           E    NW      NW    NW       N     N       E    SE
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30     5      20    10       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     C             S    S                                 S
Tstms          C             S                                      S

$$
SDZ042-212200-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      93          60          88          64          95
Temp                   89 92 88 77 71 65 61 73 82 88 84 75 71 67 65 73 88 95 92
Dewpt                  58 56 57 62 62 61 60 62 61 58 58 61 62 61 60 63 61 56 57
RH                     35 30 35 60 73 87 97 68 49 36 41 62 73 81 84 71 40 27 31
Wind dir               SE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd                8 10 11  9  6  4  4  8 12 13 13 13 14 17 20 20 16 11  9
Wind gust                       19                   24 25 26 28 33 32
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S     S                    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S     S                    C  C  C  S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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            64    93      62    84      57    87      59    90
Temp          73   64 88 88 70   62 79 80 65   58 81 83 67   60 84 85
Dewpt         61   58 58 54 59   56 55 52 56   54 54 53 57   57 56 51
PWind dir          SW    NW      SE    NE       E     E      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     5      50    40      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C    C  C  C  S             S    S     S
Tstms                        C    S  S  C  S             S          S

$$
SDZ032-212200-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
1046 AM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          60          87          63          91
Temp                   86 89 86 75 68 63 61 70 79 86 83 73 69 65 64 70 84 91 88
Dewpt                  58 57 57 57 58 57 56 57 58 59 57 58 58 60 61 64 66 65 66
RH                     39 34 37 54 70 81 84 63 49 40 41 59 68 84 90 81 55 42 48
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE  E
Wind spd               11 11 13 11  6  4  6 10 13 14 16 14 14 16 17 17 18 16 16
Wind gust              23 23    21                25    26 26 27 28 29 29 27 26
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S        C
Tstms                                                       C  C              C


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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            64    91      63    85      58    85      59    87
Temp          69   64 85 87 69   63 79 83 65   58 78 83 65   60 81 83
Dewpt         66   63 66 62 61   57 57 54 55   54 57 56 57   57 62 60
PWind dir           E     N      NW    NW      NW     N      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    10      30    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     C             C    C  S                           S  S
Tstms          C             C    S  S                           S  S

$$
SDZ049-212200-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
1146 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      89          61          86          63          84
Temp                   86 88 84 73 68 64 62 72 80 85 83 72 68 65 63 69 78 83 81
Dewpt                  61 60 61 62 61 61 60 60 59 59 58 60 58 59 60 64 66 66 68
RH                     43 39 46 68 78 90 93 66 49 41 43 66 70 81 90 84 67 57 65
Wind dir                E SE  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 11 10  9  5  4  3  6 10  9 11 11 11 12 14 19 23 23 23
Wind gust                                                           31 34 35 34
Clouds                 FW FW SC FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  S  S  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  S           C


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    88      64    84      59    83      60    85
Temp          69 65 83 85   70 65 79 80   66 60 78 80   65 61 80 81
Dewpt         66 64 69 68   67 63 63 61   60 57 59 60   60 59 63 64
PWind dir         S    NW      SW    NW      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60     0      20    30      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C          S  S  C  C                     S  S  S
Tstms          C  S          S  S  S  C                     S  S  S

$$