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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

SDZ026-161000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      44          54          47          62          38
Temp                      48 47 49 52 54 52 50 50 48 48 52 56 61 54 46 42 39 39
Dewpt                     46 47 48 51 51 52 50 50 48 48 50 48 46 45 42 40 38 36
RH                        93100 96 96 90100100100100100 93 74 58 71 86 93 96 89
Wind dir                   E  E NE  E  E NE NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SW
Wind spd                   4 10 10 10 11 10  9  9  9 10 10 11 11 10  8  6  6  8
Wind gust                                         20 21 21 21 23
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          70          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.37        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                     S  C  S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F PF  F  F PF  F  F
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          65      38    57      33    71      43    64      36    57
Temp          61 57 43   39 53 51 37   35 64 63 49   43 58 55 42   36 53 51
Dewpt         36 36 34   33 29 27 25   24 33 36 35   32 32 30 30   28 29 30
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W     S      SW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    20       0     0      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  S                                 S    S  S

$$
WYZ054-161000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      39          61          43          50          37
Temp                      42 43 49 58 61 57 52 49 47 44 45 46 49 44 41 39 38 39
Dewpt                     40 42 48 51 52 52 51 49 45 43 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 34
RH                        93 96 96 77 72 83 96100 93 96 93 86 74 86 92 96 96 82
Wind dir                   S SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd                   4  4  6 12 13 11 10  9 10 12 12 13 13 13 10  8  9 11
Wind gust                             24 23       20 24       24
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          80          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.29        0.19        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C     C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S              S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+ PF          PF PF PF PF
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      34    51      34    69      38    57      30    52
Temp          56 52 40   35 48 48 38   40 64 63 50   40 52 51 38   31 47 46
Dewpt         34 34 33   32 30 28 26   26 34 36 34   32 30 29 28   26 29 30
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    10       0     0      30    30      30    10
Rain shwrs           S    C                      C    S  C  S  C    S
Snowshwrs                                                           S

$$
SDZ001-161000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      42          51          45          56          40
Temp                      46 45 46 49 51 49 48 48 47 46 49 51 55 49 44 43 42 41
Dewpt                     42 43 45 48 48 48 48 48 47 46 49 48 46 45 43 41 40 39
RH                        86 93 96 96 89 96100100100100100 89 72 86 96 93 93 92
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  10 12 13 17 18 17 13 10  9 10 12 17 19 18 18 18 19 19
Wind gust                                                        28 29 28 32 32
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          90          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.22        0.43        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F PF PF  F PF  F  F
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      36    53      32    64      38    58      34    54
Temp          55 52 41   37 50 49 37   35 59 58 45   39 54 51 40   34 50 48
Dewpt         36 35 34   32 29 27 27   25 33 35 34   32 34 32 31   29 31 30
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        WY      BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       0     0      20    20      30    10
Rain shwrs     S          S                      S    S     S  S    C

$$
SDZ029-161000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      38          53          45          55          35
Temp                      38 41 48 51 53 50 49 49 47 46 50 51 52 45 40 38 36 36
Dewpt                     38 40 47 47 50 50 49 49 47 46 45 41 39 37 35 34 34 32
RH                       100 96 96 86 89100100100100100 83 68 61 73 82 85 92 85
Wind dir                  NE  E NE  E  E  E  E SE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                   4  5  5  8  8  6  6  6  4  5  8 10 11 10 10 10  9  8
Wind gust                    17 18 18 19 18 18          18 21 24 21 26 26 24 24
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          80          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.45        0.13        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S  C  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F PF PF  F PF  F PF
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          55      32    47      30    63      39    56      31    49
Temp          52 48 39   33 45 41 33   34 59 56 47   40 53 45 36   31 47 41
Dewpt         29 29 28   28 22 22 21   22 27 31 31   29 25 24 24   22 23 25
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    30       0     0      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                C  C                              S  C    C     S
Snowshwrs                 C  C                                 C    C  S  S

$$
SDZ013-161000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      42          51          46          60          41
Temp                      46 46 46 49 51 50 50 51 50 50 53 55 60 52 46 44 43 42
Dewpt                     45 44 46 49 50 50 50 51 50 50 53 52 50 48 44 42 42 41
RH                        96 93100100 96100100100100100100 90 69 86 93 93 96 96
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd                  11 12 13 13 14 13 14 14 12 11 13 17 17 13 13 14 14 14
Wind gust                                                           24 25 25 25
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40         100          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.48        0.12        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F  F  F  F PF  F  F
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          60      39    54      32    63      40    59      36    54
Temp          57 54 43   40 51 49 38   34 57 57 46   41 54 53 42   37 51 48
Dewpt         39 38 36   35 32 29 28   26 33 37 36   32 36 35 33   30 32 34
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W     S       S    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    10       0     0      20     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                S                      S             S    S  S

$$
SDZ042-161000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      46          66          48          64          38
Temp                      50 50 54 62 66 63 60 58 53 49 53 58 64 57 49 45 41 39
Dewpt                     49 49 53 54 55 54 54 52 52 49 50 46 41 39 39 39 37 35
RH                        96 96 96 75 68 72 81 80 96100 89 64 43 51 68 79 85 85
Wind dir                   E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd                   8  9 10 10 12 12 13 14 11 10 11 13 13 11 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                                   24                24             20
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F PF PF PF    PF PF
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          65      36    56      32    72      41    66      33    57
Temp          61 59 44   37 52 51 37   35 65 65 52   43 59 56 42   34 53 51
Dewpt         34 32 34   33 32 25 25   24 31 32 34   33 34 29 30   28 27 27
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  S                                 S    S  S

$$
SDZ032-161000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
156 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      44          57          50          66          39
Temp                      48 47 49 54 57 56 55 56 52 51 56 60 65 57 49 44 41 40
Dewpt                     47 47 49 50 51 54 54 55 52 51 54 51 48 47 44 42 41 39
RH                        96100100 86 80 93 96 96100100 93 72 54 69 83 93100 96
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd                  11 12 13 13 17 16 14 12 11 11 13 16 16 12 10  9  9 10
Wind gust                                26 26                26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          60          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          66      39    58      31    70      41    65      35    58
Temp          63 59 45   40 55 52 38   33 63 62 49   42 59 57 43   36 54 52
Dewpt         39 37 36   35 32 28 28   25 32 36 36   34 36 34 34   30 31 32
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W     S       S    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  S                                 S    S  S

$$
SDZ049-161000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
256 AM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      47          65          58          74          45
Temp                      52 52 52 59 65 63 62 63 60 60 65 70 71 60 55 52 48 45
Dewpt                     50 50 52 56 58 60 59 57 56 55 58 59 58 56 53 50 46 44
RH                        93 93100 90 78 90 90 81 87 84 78 68 63 87 93 93 93 96
Wind dir                   E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                  10 11 13 16 17 17 19 20 23 23 21 21 18 13 11 10 10 10
Wind gust                             27 27 29 34 36 36 35 33 28
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          30          40          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.03        0.15        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    O  O
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S                    S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                     F+ F+  F PF PF PF PF
Dense Fog                  Y  Y


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          68      42    58      36    68      45    66      41    60
Temp          63 61   49 43 54 52   42 38 61 62   52 46 61 58   47 42 56 53
Dewpt         44 41   38 36 35 30   30 28 33 36   38 37 40 37   36 33 34 33
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   FW CL CL CL   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20       0     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S                                      S  S

$$