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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

SDZ026-181000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      55          74          54          67          52
Temp                61 60 59 57 61 67 73 69 61 59 57 56 59 62 66 63 58 57 55 53
Dewpt               57 58 59 57 61 63 62 62 60 59 57 56 59 61 60 60 58 57 55 53
RH                  87 93100100100 87 68 78 97100100100100 97 81 90100100100100
Wind dir            NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             6  5  4  4  5  6  8  6  5  3  3  3  5  6  8 10 10  8  6  8
Wind gust           19             18 20 18                   19 20 20 18
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100           5          50          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.53           0        0.01        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  C                       C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                C                                                     S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          62      50    67      50    75      53    79      51    80
Temp          59 58 54   51 61 64 54   52 68 71 57   53 72 74 58   52 73 75
Dewpt         58 58 54   51 57 56 54   52 58 57 55   52 56 55 52   49 54 54
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S       S    NE      NW     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr        100      80    40      30    10      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  D    L  C  S  S    S        C    C     S
Tstms          S  C  S                           S    S     S

$$
WYZ054-181000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      53          80          55          70          51
Temp                57 56 56 55 60 74 79 76 64 59 57 57 59 64 69 65 56 54 53 52
Dewpt               57 56 56 55 57 55 53 53 57 57 56 56 57 56 55 55 56 54 53 52
RH                 100100100100 90 51 41 45 78 93 96 96 93 75 61 70100100100100
Wind dir            SE  S  S SW  W  N NE  E  E  S SE SE SE  S SE NE NE SE  S SE
Wind spd            10  9  6  4  3  3  5  5  5  4  4  5  8  8  9 10  9  8  8  6
Wind gust           24    20 17 14 17 19 19 19 17 16 16    19 23 23 20 20 19 19
Clouds              B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30           0          70          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14        0.16        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C                    L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                     S  C  S     S  S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          64      49    71      50    77      51    78      51    80
Temp          60 61 51   50 64 69 54   52 71 73 57   52 72 75 57   52 74 76
Dewpt         53 53 51   49 50 47 49   49 49 46 48   46 47 43 44   43 45 42
PWind dir         E       S     S      SE     S       S     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      BZ    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    10       0     5      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  L    S                      S    S
Tstms          S  C  S                           S

$$
SDZ001-181000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      54          74          53          66          50
Temp                58 57 58 56 59 68 72 69 60 57 56 55 57 62 65 61 56 56 54 51
Dewpt               58 57 58 56 59 59 58 58 59 57 56 55 57 57 55 56 56 56 54 51
RH                 100100100100100 73 61 68 96100100100100 84 70 84100100100100
Wind dir            SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            14 13 10  9 10  9  9 11 10  6  4  5  8 13 17 18 16 13 14 14
Wind gust           31                                     24 28 29 26
Clouds              OV B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     70           5          10          60          80
QPF 12hr                   0.29        0.01           0        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  C                          C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  D
Tstms                                                                         S


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          62      49    68      49    74      51    78      51    79
Temp          59 58 53   51 63 64 53   51 68 69 56   52 72 73 56   52 73 73
Dewpt         55 55 53   51 53 52 53   51 55 54 55   52 53 52 52   49 51 50
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV OV B1 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   SC B1 FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    20       5     5      10    20       5     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  L    C  S                        S  S  S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ029-181000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      52          75          51          64          48
Temp                55 55 54 53 59 70 71 66 58 56 54 53 56 59 62 59 53 53 51 49
Dewpt               53 54 54 53 58 57 57 58 57 56 54 53 56 56 55 55 53 53 51 49
RH                  93 96100100 96 63 61 75 96100100100100 90 78 87100100100100
Wind dir            NE  N  W  W NW NE  E  E NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             5  2  2  2  1  2  4  4  3  1  1  1  2  4  5  6  6  4  3  2
Wind gust           18             13 17 16    11          14 18 18 19 14 13
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100           5          50          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.42        0.01        0.05        0.13        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  S                 C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                S                                      S  S  S
Obvis               PF PF PF PF


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          58      46    61      47    68      49    72      49    74
Temp          53 54 50   47 56 58 50   48 62 64 54   50 67 68 54   50 69 69
Dewpt         53 51 49   47 50 49 48   48 51 50 49   48 47 48 45   43 45 46
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S       S    SW       N     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr        100      80    50      30    20      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D  D    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    C     S
Tstms          S  C  S                           S    S     S

$$
SDZ013-181000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      55          71          52          66          50
Temp                63 60 59 57 59 66 69 66 59 57 56 54 56 62 65 63 58 56 54 51
Dewpt               63 60 59 57 59 62 60 58 59 57 56 54 56 59 57 56 58 56 54 51
RH                 100100100100100 87 73 75100100100100100 90 75 78100100100100
Wind dir             E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            11 12 13 11 10  9  9  9  8  5  4  6  9 10 10 11 11 10 11 12
Wind gust           24                                        20
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     90          30           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.70        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  D  L  C                             S  S  C  C  C  C  D
Tstms                S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          62      49    66      49    72      52    77      52    79
Temp          59 59 54   51 62 63 52   51 67 68 56   52 71 72 57   53 72 74
Dewpt         57 55 54   51 55 52 52   50 56 54 55   52 58 55 55   52 56 53
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV OV B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         80      70    30      10    10      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  L    C  C  S                S    C  S
Tstms                                            S

$$
SDZ042-181000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      56          76          53          70          51
Temp                60 60 60 58 61 70 73 71 61 58 57 56 59 66 69 66 58 56 55 52
Dewpt               60 60 60 58 61 60 59 60 61 58 57 56 59 59 58 58 58 56 55 52
RH                 100100100100100 71 62 68100100100100100 78 68 75100100100100
Wind dir             E  S  W  W  W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             8  3  3  4  5  6  5  6  4  2  2  2  3  5  9 10  8  5  4  5
Wind gust           20
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100           0          40          60          80
QPF 12hr                   0.41           0        0.03        0.07        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  S                       C  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                C                                            S  S
Obvis                  PF    PF


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          67      48    70      50    75      53    80      53    81
Temp          63 62 53   51 64 66 53   51 70 70 57   53 73 74 59   53 75 76
Dewpt         57 55 53   51 54 52 53   51 55 55 54   53 55 54 54   53 53 53
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      80    30      20    20      40    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  D    C  C  S  S       S     C    C  S
Tstms             C  C                           C

$$
SDZ032-181000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
721 PM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      55          73          52          67          49
Temp                61 61 61 58 62 68 71 69 60 59 57 54 58 62 65 65 58 57 54 50
Dewpt               61 61 61 58 62 65 63 63 60 59 57 54 58 61 60 60 58 57 54 50
RH                 100100100100100 90 76 81100100100100100 97 84 84100100100100
Wind dir             E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            14 16 11  6  8  9  9 10  6  5  4  5  6  9 10 11 10  8  9 10
Wind gust           27                19
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100          10           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.72        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  C                                S  S  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                C  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF


Date           09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          64      48    66      47    74      51    78      52    80
Temp          59 61 54   50 62 64 52   49 69 71 56   52 72 75 58   52 73 76
Dewpt         59 58 54   50 56 54 52   49 57 56 55   52 59 58 56   52 57 56
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE    SE      SE    SE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      80    40      10    20      40    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     D  D  D    L  C  S          S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms                                            S    S  S  S

$$
SDZ049-181000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
821 PM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Date           09/17/26      Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun
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                      61          77          57          66          54
Temp                61 61 65 63 66 73 74 71 65 63 61 59 59 62 65 64 61 59 57 55
Dewpt               61 61 65 63 66 68 68 68 65 63 61 59 59 61 63 63 61 59 57 55
RH                 100100100100100 84 82 90100100100100100 97 93 97100100100100
Wind dir             E  E  E SE  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd            13 16 14 10  8 11 11 10  9  6  8  8  9 10 10 10  9  8  8  9
Wind gust           25    25          21
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                    100          10          30          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.89        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  D  C              C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                C  C
Obvis                  PF PF PF


Date           09/20  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
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          64      52    64      50    71      53    74      56    78
Temp          61 61   57 53 60 61   54 52 65 67   56 54 68 70   59 57 72 74
Dewpt         59 60   56 53 57 58   54 52 56 58   56 54 59 61   59 57 59 60
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 OV OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      70    40      20    20      50    40      20     5
Rain shwrs     L  L    L  L  C  S    S  S     S       C  C       S  S
Tstms                  S  S                                      S

$$