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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

SDZ026-262200-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      75          51          64          56          76
Temp                      75 70 60 56 54 52 58 61 63 63 59 58 58 57 64 71 74 67
Dewpt                     51 45 42 43 45 46 49 50 52 54 56 58 57 57 59 58 57 58
RH                        43 41 51 62 71 80 72 67 67 72 90100 96100 84 63 55 73
Wind dir                   N  N  N NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  N
Wind spd                  14  6  3 21  5  3  4  6  9  6  6  9 12 16  8 11 11 10
Wind gust                 27       32    13 16 17 19 18 17 21 26    27 21 21 20
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S              S  S  S


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            53    71      50    76      52    70      49    71
Temp          58   54 66 65 54   51 72 70 57   52 65 65 53   49 67 66
Dewpt         55   52 50 47 45   43 47 46 41   40 43 43 41   41 45 45
PWind dir          NW    NE       S    SE       N    NE       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           40     5       0     0       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C
Tstms          S

$$
WYZ054-262200-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          45          74          53          69
Temp                      73 70 60 55 50 46 54 64 72 69 60 58 57 54 59 65 68 63
Dewpt                     40 38 37 38 36 35 38 45 47 47 51 53 52 50 49 49 49 48
RH                        30 31 42 53 58 65 54 50 41 45 72 83 83 86 69 56 51 58
Wind dir                   E  E NE  E  N NW  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N  N
Wind spd                   6  8  6 14  5  4  4  4  6 13 19 19 17 10  8  9 10 11
Wind gust                 19 20 20    18 14    18 24 25          20    19 23 23
Clouds                    CL CL SC SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            48    70      48    75      48    71      47    73
Temp          53   49 65 68 54   49 71 70 54   49 66 68 54   48 68 68
Dewpt         48   45 42 38 37   37 40 37 36   36 38 36 36   35 40 37
PWind dir          NW    SW       S     W      NE    SE       S    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     0       0     0       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S

$$
SDZ001-262200-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          47          68          54          73
Temp                      73 67 56 52 50 48 56 64 67 62 56 56 56 55 60 68 71 64
Dewpt                     39 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 37 40 45 52 55 55 59 58 56 56
RH                        29 30 45 52 56 58 43 32 33 44 66 86 96100 96 70 59 75
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  W NW  N
Wind spd                  14  9  6 21  8  5  9 13 16 19 19 17 14 11  8 11 13 12
Wind gust                 25       32          25 31 29
Clouds                    CL CL FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.17        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C        S  S  S


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            49    73      48    77      48    69      46    70
Temp          54   50 69 66 52   49 73 70 54   48 65 63 51   46 66 64
Dewpt         53   48 43 38 40   40 42 39 41   38 38 37 40   40 42 39
PWind dir          NW     W      SW     W       N    NE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     0       0     0       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ029-262200-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          48          59          52          71
Temp                      73 65 54 52 50 49 55 58 58 57 55 54 54 53 59 67 69 60
Dewpt                     39 40 38 37 41 44 48 50 50 51 52 54 52 52 54 50 48 50
RH                        29 40 54 56 71 83 77 75 75 80 90100 93 96 83 54 47 69
Wind dir                  SE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  S  S SW SW SW SW  E
Wind spd                   5  4  3  9  3  3  3  5  6  8  6  3  4  4  3  4  4  3
Wind gust                 18 17          13 16 17 19 18    16 14 14 18 18 18
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.28        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S        L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S              S  S  S


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            48    65      45    69      47    63      45    66
Temp          52   48 62 58 49   46 67 63 52   47 61 58 49   45 63 59
Dewpt         48   46 43 42 38   39 40 40 34   34 37 36 34   35 39 39
PWind dir           N     E       W     W       N     E       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           50    10       0     0       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C    C
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ013-262200-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      75          51          67          55          75
Temp                      74 69 60 55 53 52 57 64 66 63 58 57 56 56 62 70 73 66
Dewpt                     51 48 46 46 43 40 41 42 44 46 50 54 56 56 60 60 59 59
RH                        44 47 60 72 69 63 55 45 45 54 75 90100100 93 71 62 78
Wind dir                   N  N NE NE  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S NE
Wind spd                  10  8  6 16  8  8 10 13 13 13 14 16 18 19 10 11 10  8
Wind gust                 24                   24 25 25             28 26 21 18
Clouds                    FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.12        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                 C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            52    71      48    75      49    67      47    67
Temp          57   53 66 65 52   49 71 69 55   50 65 63 52   47 64 63
Dewpt         57   53 49 44 45   43 46 45 44   41 41 39 41   41 43 43
PWind dir           N    NW       S     W       N     N      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           60     5       0     0       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     L
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ042-262200-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      76          52          71          59          77
Temp                      76 70 60 56 54 53 60 69 70 69 64 62 61 60 65 72 75 69
Dewpt                     52 50 49 49 50 51 54 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 58 57 57 58
RH                        43 49 67 77 86 93 81 63 61 66 78 84 87 90 78 59 54 68
Wind dir                   N NE  E SE  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9  5  3 13  4  3  5 10 12 12 16 16 19 23 12 11  9 10
Wind gust                 19                            27 26    33 32 29 26
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S              S  S  S
Obvis                              PF PF


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            54    68      50    73      51    69      49    71
Temp          59   55 65 63 54   50 70 67 57   51 66 64 55   49 68 66
Dewpt         56   55 52 49 47   48 49 48 44   42 44 43 43   42 45 45
PWind dir          NW     N      SE     W       E    NE      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           40    10       5     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C    S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ032-262200-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          54          71          58          79
Temp                      79 73 63 59 56 55 61 67 70 68 61 60 59 59 66 73 77 70
Dewpt                     60 57 54 55 54 54 55 55 57 57 57 59 59 59 60 60 59 60
RH                        52 57 72 87 93 96 81 65 63 68 87 96100100 81 64 54 71
Wind dir                   N  N NE  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                  10  8  5 12  4  4  9 12 14 16 17 14 16 17 11 12 11 10
Wind gust                 21                19 23 25                29 29 28
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S        S  S  S
Obvis                                    PF PF


Date               Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            53    72      49    76      50    70      47    70
Temp          59   54 67 65 53   49 72 71 56   50 67 65 53   47 67 66
Dewpt         59   54 53 50 48   47 49 48 45   43 43 43 43   43 45 45
PWind dir           W     N       S    SW      NE     N      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           70     5       5     5       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     L    S
Tstms          S

$$
SDZ049-262200-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
131 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date             Sat 09/26/26            Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      76          58          72          60          75
Temp                      76 72 64 61 59 59 62 68 72 68 63 62 61 61 64 70 74 70
Dewpt                     64 65 64 61 59 59 62 63 63 63 63 62 61 61 61 62 62 62
RH                        66 79100100100100100 84 73 84100100100100 90 76 66 76
Wind dir                   S SE SE  S SW  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   6  5  5 12  4  3  5 11 12 10 10 11 11 13 17 17 14 17
Wind gust                                                           28 32 31 27
Clouds                    B1 SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S        S  S  S  S        S  S  L
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Obvis                              PF PF PF PF


Date          Tue 09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    70      51    72      51    68      48    68
Temp          63 59 66 64   54 52 70 67   57 53 65 63   53 49 65 64
Dewpt         63 59 60 58   54 51 53 55   52 48 47 49   47 46 48 51
PWind dir         S    NW       S     S      SW     N      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90    40      10    10      10     5       5    20
Rain shwrs     L  D  C  S                                      S
Tstms          S

$$