Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Watertown, Watertown Municipal Airport (KATY)

Lat: 44.9°NLon: 97.15°WElev: 1745ft.

Overcast

-1°F

-18°C

Humidity	79%
Wind Speed	N 6 mph
Barometer	30.24 in (1029.2 mb)
Dewpoint	-6°F (-21°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-13°F (-25°C)
Last update	25 Jan 8:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Watertown SD

Cold Weather Advisory January 25, 06:00pm until January 26, 09:00am

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Cold Weather Advisory

Today
High: -1 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Partly Sunny
Tonight
Low: -15 °F
Mostly Clear
Monday
High: 16 °F
Mostly Sunny
Monday Night
Low: -2 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 7 °F
Cold
Tuesday Night
Low: -3 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 11 °F
Mostly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: -7 °F
Partly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 10 °F
Cold

Detailed Forecast

Today

A slight chance of snow before noon, then a chance of flurries between noon and 3pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1. Wind chill values as low as -24. North wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around -15. Wind chill values as low as -32. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -31. South southwest wind 11 to 18 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -2. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny and cold, with a high near 7. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. West wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 11. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -7. North northwest wind around 7 mph becoming east after midnight.

Thursday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 10. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.