Point Forecast: Ellsworth Air Force Base SD  44.15N 103.1W (Elev. 3202 ft)	Last Update: 5:52 pm MDT May 18, 2025

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Weather Elements Fire Weather Aviation Weather Temperature (°F) Dewpoint (°F) Wind Chill (°F) Surface Wind  ktmphkm/hm/s Sky Cover (%) Precipitation Potential (%) Relative Humidity (%) Rain Thunder Snow Freezing Rain Sleet Fog Mixing Height  x100ftx100m Trans. Wind  ktmphkm/hm/s 20ft Wind  ktmphkm/hm/s Vent Rate (x1000 mph-ft) Dispersion Index Ceiling Height Visibility Thunder Potential

48-Hour Period Starting: 7pm Sun, May 18 20258pm Sun, May 18 20259pm Sun, May 18 202510pm Sun, May 18 202511pm Sun, May 18 202512am Mon, May 19 20251am Mon, May 19 20252am Mon, May 19 20253am Mon, May 19 20254am Mon, May 19 20255am Mon, May 19 20256am Mon, May 19 20257am Mon, May 19 20258am Mon, May 19 20259am Mon, May 19 202510am Mon, May 19 202511am Mon, May 19 202512pm Mon, May 19 20251pm Mon, May 19 20252pm Mon, May 19 20253pm Mon, May 19 20254pm Mon, May 19 20255pm Mon, May 19 20256pm Mon, May 19 20257pm Mon, May 19 20258pm Mon, May 19 20259pm Mon, May 19 202510pm Mon, May 19 202511pm Mon, May 19 202512am Tue, May 20 20251am Tue, May 20 20252am Tue, May 20 20253am Tue, May 20 20254am Tue, May 20 20255am Tue, May 20 20256am Tue, May 20 20257am Tue, May 20 20258am Tue, May 20 20259am Tue, May 20 202510am Tue, May 20 202511am Tue, May 20 202512pm Tue, May 20 20251pm Tue, May 20 20252pm Tue, May 20 20253pm Tue, May 20 20254pm Tue, May 20 20255pm Tue, May 20 20256pm Tue, May 20 20257pm Tue, May 20 20258pm Tue, May 20 20259pm Tue, May 20 202510pm Tue, May 20 202511pm Tue, May 20 202512am Wed, May 21 20251am Wed, May 21 20252am Wed, May 21 20253am Wed, May 21 20254am Wed, May 21 20255am Wed, May 21 20256am Wed, May 21 20257am Wed, May 21 20258am Wed, May 21 20259am Wed, May 21 202510am Wed, May 21 202511am Wed, May 21 202512pm Wed, May 21 20251pm Wed, May 21 20252pm Wed, May 21 20253pm Wed, May 21 20254pm Wed, May 21 20255pm Wed, May 21 20256pm Wed, May 21 20257pm Wed, May 21 20258pm Wed, May 21 20259pm Wed, May 21 202510pm Wed, May 21 202511pm Wed, May 21 202512am Thu, May 22 20251am Thu, May 22 20252am Thu, May 22 20253am Thu, May 22 20254am Thu, May 22 20255am Thu, May 22 20256am Thu, May 22 20257am Thu, May 22 20258am Thu, May 22 20259am Thu, May 22 202510am Thu, May 22 202511am Thu, May 22 202512pm Thu, May 22 20251pm Thu, May 22 20252pm Thu, May 22 20253pm Thu, May 22 20254pm Thu, May 22 20255pm Thu, May 22 20256pm Thu, May 22 20257pm Thu, May 22 20258pm Thu, May 22 20259pm Thu, May 22 202510pm Thu, May 22 202511pm Thu, May 22 202512am Fri, May 23 20251am Fri, May 23 20252am Fri, May 23 20253am Fri, May 23 20254am Fri, May 23 20255am Fri, May 23 20256am Fri, May 23 2025

Date	05/18					05/19
Hour (MDT)	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Temperature (°F)	46	46	45	45	46	47	45	43	42	42	41	41	41	42	41	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	41	41
Dewpoint (°F)	46	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37
Wind Chill (°F)	39	38	37	37	39	40	38	36	34	33	32	32	33	33	32	31	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	31
Surface Wind (mph)	21	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	23	22
Wind Dir	E	E	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Gust	34	33	32	32	30	26	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	32	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	36	36
Sky Cover (%)	94	96	98	98	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	98	98
Precipitation Potential (%)	66	66	77	77	77	89	89	89	97	97	97	95	95	95	95	95	95	90	90	90	77	77	77	70
Relative Humidity (%)	99	98	97	95	92	89	91	100	100	100	100	100	99	98	100	99	96	92	90	84	83	83	84	86
Rain	Lkly	Lkly	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Ocnl	Lkly
Thunder	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Snow	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Freezing Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sleet	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Date						05/20
Hour (MDT)	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Temperature (°F)	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	35	36	38	40	42	44	45	47	49	51	52	53	53	52
Dewpoint (°F)	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38
Wind Chill (°F)	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	25	24	24	24	26	27	30	33	35	37	39	42
Surface Wind (mph)	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	17
Wind Dir	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	N
Gust	36	36	36	33	31	30	30	31	32	32	31	31	32	33	36	36	36	36	36	34	33	32	32	30
Sky Cover (%)	97	95	94	90	86	82	82	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	81	79	76	74	74	74	74	71	68	65
Precipitation Potential (%)	70	70	70	70	70	52	52	52	52	52	52	61	61	61	61	61	61	36	36	36	36	36	36	27
Relative Humidity (%)	88	90	89	90	91	93	97	100	100	100	100	99	93	89	86	80	72	68	63	62	59	57	57	60
Rain	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Snow	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Freezing Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sleet	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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