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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

SDZ026-171000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      47          64          36          43          32
Temp          79 77 64 57 52 49 53 59 63 62 52 46 42 39 41 41 41 39 38 37 34 33
Dewpt         30 32 42 49 49 49 45 40 38 36 36 36 35 36 36 35 36 35 35 35 32 32
RH            17 19 45 75 89100 74 49 39 38 54 68 76 89 82 79 82 85 89 92 92 96
Wind dir       E  E  E SE NE  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      19 21 19 10  5  5 23 27 26 24 19 17 17 19 21 21 20 19 18 12 10  8
Wind gust     34 35 34 23 17    41 44 42 39 34 29 29 33 36 36 35 34 29 24 21 19
Clouds        SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B1 SC B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          40          80          60
QPF 12hr                   0.32        0.01           0        0.21        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  D  C  C  C  C     S  S  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms                C  S  S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          54      32    67      40    67      42    75      46    78
Temp          47 53 38   34 62 64 46   42 63 65 48   44 69 72 54   48 73 75
Dewpt         31 31 32   30 33 35 38   36 37 37 38   37 38 39 40   38 39 39
PWind dir         N       S     S       S    NE       S     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0    10      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                   S       S  C  S          S  S          S
Tstms                                            S          S  S          S

$$
WYZ054-171000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      40          58          30          38          28
Temp          75 71 63 56 47 42 44 54 58 55 46 42 39 35 35 36 37 37 35 34 32 29
Dewpt         17 20 32 39 37 35 34 32 30 29 30 32 33 32 33 32 32 32 31 31 30 29
RH            11 14 31 53 68 76 68 43 34 37 53 67 79 89 92 85 82 82 85 89 92100
Wind dir       S  S  S NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd      11 11 11  9 18 20 20 17 17 17 17 16 16 17 17 16 14 13 10  5  4  5
Wind gust     25 21    19 28       28 29 31 27 26 28 28 27 28 28 25 20
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV B1 OV OV B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          10          70          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.20        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  S              S  S  L  L  L     D  D  C  C  S  S
Snowshwrs                                          L  L  L  D  D  C  C  S  S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          53      32    64      38    65      40    73      43    74
Temp          46 52 39   35 61 62 46   42 61 63 48   44 69 70 52   47 69 71
Dewpt         28 27 28   26 28 29 33   33 33 32 34   33 34 33 36   35 36 34
PWind dir        NW       S    SW      SW    NW      SE    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     5      10    20      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                 S  S                S
Tstms                                                          S

$$
SDZ001-171000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      44          60          34          45          31
Temp          73 70 63 57 50 46 49 55 60 57 48 44 40 37 39 42 43 42 40 38 35 32
Dewpt         31 31 33 40 45 44 43 41 38 36 37 37 36 35 35 34 35 34 34 35 34 32
RH            21 23 32 53 83 93 80 59 44 45 65 76 85 92 85 73 73 73 79 89 96100
Wind dir      SE SE  E SE  E  E NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      23 25 24 20 18 11 11 20 21 20 17 13 13 13 14 16 16 14 13  9  8  8
Wind gust     35 39 36 35 29    24 34 35 33             25 27 27 25
Clouds        FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     80          60          10          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.02           0        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  D  L  S  S                 C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  S
Snowshwrs                                             C                       S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          53      31    66      39    66      40    72      44    74
Temp          46 52 39   34 61 64 48   41 62 64 50   43 67 70 54   46 69 72
Dewpt         31 29 31   31 33 34 39   38 38 36 39   39 41 39 41   41 41 39
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   FW SC FW B1   SC B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       0    10      20    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                   S    S     S  S          S  S          S
Snowshwrs      S
Tstms                                                       S  S

$$
SDZ029-171000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      44          60          32          37          27
Temp          69 66 57 51 48 46 52 57 58 54 46 41 38 36 35 35 34 33 33 32 29 28
Dewpt         26 28 41 45 45 44 41 37 36 33 32 31 31 31 31 30 30 28 28 28 26 26
RH            20 24 55 80 89 93 66 47 44 45 58 67 76 82 85 82 85 82 82 85 88 92
Wind dir       E  E  E  E NE  W NW  W NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      11  8  6  3  1  2  3  4  5  6  6  6  5  6  9 11 10  6  4  2  1  2
Wind gust     21 21 20 16       17 17 20 23 25 21 21 20 25 27 26 23 17
Clouds        SC B1 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          50          60          90          60
QPF 12hr                   0.34        0.04        0.03        0.21        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                                                L  D  D  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms             S  C  S              S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          46      29    58      36    59      38    67      42    70
Temp          41 45 33   33 54 56 42   40 55 57 44   42 62 65 49   45 66 68
Dewpt         26 24 26   25 27 28 32   31 31 31 33   33 33 33 35   34 34 34
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW      NW    SW      SE     S       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    20      20    50      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                      S  S       C  C  C    S     C  S          C
Snowshwrs      S
Tstms                           S  S             S          S  S          S

$$
SDZ013-171000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      44          60          35          46          31
Temp          75 72 63 57 50 46 50 55 59 58 48 43 40 37 40 44 44 42 39 38 35 32
Dewpt         32 33 34 38 44 46 47 45 44 40 39 38 37 36 36 36 37 36 36 36 35 32
RH            21 24 34 49 80100 89 69 57 51 71 82 89 96 85 73 76 79 89 92100100
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      17 20 19 20 17 14  8 14 18 18 16 14 14 16 17 17 16 16 13 11 11 11
Wind gust     27 33 32    27       26 31 29 26 26 25    27 27 27 26
Clouds        SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          10          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.31        0.01           0        0.12        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  D  C  C  S                 C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S
Snowshwrs                                                                     S
Tstms                   S  S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          52      31    66      39    66      40    72      44    76
Temp          45 52 37   33 60 64 47   42 61 65 48   44 66 70 53   47 69 74
Dewpt         32 31 31   31 35 36 39   38 40 39 39   40 42 42 42   41 43 41
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE      SE     E      SE    SE      SE     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                        S  S  C  S       S  S  S    S     S
Tstms                                                       S  S

$$
SDZ042-171000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      47          66          34          42          29
Temp          82 76 66 58 53 50 58 63 65 62 54 47 42 38 40 40 40 37 37 35 33 30
Dewpt         31 35 43 49 51 49 49 43 39 37 38 39 37 36 36 35 34 33 34 34 33 30
RH            16 22 43 72 93 96 72 48 38 39 54 74 82 92 85 82 79 85 89 96100100
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SW  W  N  N  N NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      14 17 18  8  3  2  9 13 17 16 11 10 10 12 14 16 16 14 13  8  5  4
Wind gust        29 32 21          26 29 28 23 23 21 24 27 27 28 28 24 18 16
Clouds        FW B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          60          60         100          60
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.01        0.04        0.30        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  D  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms             C  C  S  S           S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          54      31    66      39    67      40    75      44    78
Temp          47 53 37   35 63 63 47   43 64 65 49   44 70 73 54   48 73 76
Dewpt         30 27 31   30 32 33 37   36 36 35 38   37 37 37 40   38 38 37
PWind dir        NW      SE     S       S     S      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0    20      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S    S  S  C  S    S     S  S          S
Tstms                           S  S             S          S  S          S

$$
SDZ032-171000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
242 PM MDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      47          66          36          47          31
Temp          81 77 65 58 52 48 56 63 65 63 51 45 41 38 43 45 45 43 39 37 35 32
Dewpt         30 31 36 42 50 48 53 48 44 40 41 39 38 37 38 36 36 36 37 36 35 32
RH            16 18 34 55 93100 90 58 46 43 68 79 89 96 82 70 70 76 92 96100100
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      20 23 19 16 11  9  5 20 23 19 14 13 13 16 17 18 18 17 16 12 11 10
Wind gust     33 36 32 26 21    16 34 36 33 25 25 24    29 29 31 28 26
Clouds        FW SC B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          40          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.38        0.05           0        0.23        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  D  L  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                S  C  C  S


Date           05/19/26  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          54      31    69      39    69      41    76      45    79
Temp          48 53 37   33 63 66 46   43 65 67 49   45 70 73 53   48 73 78
Dewpt         32 30 31   32 35 35 38   38 39 37 39   39 41 40 41   41 41 39
PWind dir        NW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     5      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                         S    S     C  S    S     S  S    S  S  S
Tstms                              S             S          S  S

$$
SDZ049-171000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
342 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      53          72          40          51          35
Temp          79 78 67 62 58 56 61 69 70 65 54 48 45 42 45 49 49 46 43 41 38 36
Dewpt         31 33 39 44 51 55 58 56 53 49 47 44 41 40 41 40 40 41 41 40 37 36
RH            17 19 36 52 77 96 90 63 55 56 77 86 86 93 86 71 71 83 93 96 96100
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E SE  S  W  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      20 19 17 18 16 10  8 10 21 23 19 17 17 18 18 19 18 20 20 18 18 18
Wind gust     31 31    29 27       20 35 34    27 28 29 29 29 31 32 31 28 28 28
Clouds        B1 SC B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     90          80          60          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.07        0.10        0.07        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  S  S  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                S  C  S  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          53      32    66      42    68      44    73      49    77
Temp          48 52   38 36 62 64   48 46 66 66   51 48 69 71   56 52 73 75
Dewpt         35 33   34 33 37 38   38 38 40 40   41 41 43 44   45 44 45 45
PWind dir        NW      SE     S      SE     S      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     5      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S     S
Tstms                                              S        S    S

$$