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Rangeland Fire Danger Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
212 PM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Off and on showers will continue over mainly central South Dakota
into the evening hours, mainly near a cold front draped from
southwestern South Dakota to northeastern South Dakota. Relative
humidity values will be in the 30 to 40 percent range north of the
front, while remaining mainly above 50 percent south of the front.

The cold front will push into North Dakota by daybreak Monday. More
steady rain west of the Missouri River early Monday morning will
expand across northeastern South Dakota late Monday into Tuesday,
before slowly ending west to east during the day Tuesday. Weak
thunderstorms will accompany some of the rain. Total rainfall amounts
will range from around a tenth of an inch to potentially up too an
inch. The highest rainfall amounts are forecast over north central
South Dakota.

Relative humidity values Monday will be 70 percent or higher, with
winds out of the south gusting 20 to 35 mph. The strongest winds
Monday afternoon will be across areas west of the James River.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-280915-
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-
Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-
Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid,
Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster,
Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Milbank,
Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller,
Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson
212 PM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026 /112 PM MDT Sun Sep 27 2026/

...LOW FIRE DANGER...

Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses,
and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the
probability of a fast moving fire is low.  Outdoor burning under
these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety
precautions, but should be monitored.


The outlook for Monday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index
will reach the low to moderate category.


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