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

SDZ026-271000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      51          64          56          76          53
Temp             72 63 56 54 52 58 61 63 63 59 58 58 57 64 71 74 67 60 58 56 54
Dewpt            46 44 43 45 46 49 50 52 54 56 58 57 57 59 58 57 58 56 55 53 52
RH               39 50 62 71 80 72 67 67 72 90100 96100 84 63 55 73 87 90 90 93
Wind dir          N  N  N NW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  3  2  4  8  5  6  9  6  6  9 12 16  8 11 11 10 12 11 10  9
Wind gust                       17 17 19 18 17 21 26    27 21 21 20    21 21
Clouds           CL CL FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S              S  S  S  S


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          71      50    76      52    70      49    71      50    64
Temp          66 65 54   51 72 70 57   52 65 65 53   49 67 66 55   50 61 59
Dewpt         50 47 45   43 47 46 41   40 43 43 41   41 45 45 41   41 44 43
PWind dir        NE       S    SE       N    NE       S     S       W     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       5     0       0     0       5    10

$$
WYZ054-271000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      45          74          53          69          48
Temp             73 61 55 50 46 54 64 72 69 60 58 57 54 59 65 68 63 56 53 50 49
Dewpt            40 38 38 36 35 38 45 47 47 51 53 52 50 49 49 49 48 49 48 46 45
RH               30 42 53 58 65 54 50 41 45 72 83 83 86 69 56 51 58 77 83 86 86
Wind dir          E NE NE  N  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd          8  9  6  6  5  3  4  6 13 19 19 17 10  8  9 10 11  5  3  2  3
Wind gust        20 20 20 19 16 13 18 24 25          20    19 23 23 17
Clouds           CL SC SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          70      48    75      48    71      47    73      46    63
Temp          65 68 54   49 71 70 54   49 66 68 54   48 68 68 53   47 60 59
Dewpt         42 38 37   37 40 37 36   36 38 36 36   35 40 37 36   36 40 39
PWind dir        SW       S     W      NE    SE       S    SW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     0       0     0      10    10

$$
SDZ001-271000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      47          68          54          73          49
Temp             71 59 52 50 48 56 64 67 62 56 56 56 55 60 68 71 64 57 54 52 50
Dewpt            38 37 35 35 34 34 34 37 40 45 52 55 55 59 58 56 56 55 53 50 48
RH               30 44 52 56 58 43 32 33 44 66 86 96100 96 70 59 75 93 96 93 93
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  W NW  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          9  8  6  6  5  9 13 16 19 19 17 14 11  8 11 13 12  9  8  5  5
Wind gust                          25 31 29
Clouds           CL FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          80          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.17        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C        S  S  S  S


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          73      48    77      48    69      46    70      45    62
Temp          69 66 52   49 73 70 54   48 65 63 51   46 66 64 52   46 60 56
Dewpt         43 38 40   40 42 39 41   38 38 37 40   40 42 39 41   39 41 38
PWind dir         W      SW     W       N    NE      SE    SE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     0       5     5       5    10

$$
SDZ029-271000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      48          59          52          71          48
Temp             66 57 52 50 49 55 58 58 57 55 54 54 53 59 67 69 60 54 52 50 48
Dewpt            49 42 37 41 44 48 50 50 51 52 54 52 52 54 50 48 50 50 48 47 46
RH               54 57 56 71 83 77 75 75 80 90100 93 96 83 54 47 69 86 86 89 93
Wind dir         SE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  S  S SW SW SW SW  E  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  4  3  3  5  4  5  6  8  6  3  4  4  3  4  4  3  3  3  2  3
Wind gust        18             16 17 19 18    16 14 14 18 18 18    13
Clouds           CL CL FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.28        0.02        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S        L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S              S  S  S  S


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          65      45    69      47    63      45    66      46    60
Temp          62 58 49   46 67 63 52   47 61 58 49   45 63 59 51   47 58 53
Dewpt         43 42 38   39 40 40 34   34 37 36 34   35 39 39 35   35 38 37
PWind dir         E       W     W       N     E       S     S       N    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5     0       0     0      10    10

$$
SDZ013-271000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      51          67          55          75          52
Temp             72 63 55 53 52 57 64 66 63 58 57 56 56 62 70 73 66 60 57 55 53
Dewpt            51 49 46 43 40 41 42 44 46 50 54 56 56 60 60 59 59 59 57 55 53
RH               48 60 72 69 63 55 45 45 54 75 90100100 93 71 62 78 96100100100
Wind dir          N NE NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S NE NW  N NW NW
Wind spd          9  6  8 10 10 10 13 13 13 14 16 18 19 10 11 10  8  9  9 10 10
Wind gust                          24 25 25             28 26 21 18
Clouds           CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          80          70          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.12        0.04        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                     C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          71      48    75      49    67      47    67      47    61
Temp          66 65 52   49 71 69 55   50 65 63 52   47 64 63 52   47 59 57
Dewpt         49 44 45   43 46 45 44   41 41 39 41   41 43 43 43   42 43 41
PWind dir        NW       S     W       N     N      SE    SE       E     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       5     0       5     5      10    10

$$
SDZ042-271000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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          71          59          77          54
Temp             74 63 56 54 53 60 69 70 69 64 62 61 60 65 72 75 69 62 59 57 55
Dewpt            54 52 49 50 51 54 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 58 57 57 58 57 56 55 55
RH               50 67 77 86 93 81 63 61 66 78 84 87 90 78 59 54 68 84 90 93100
Wind dir         NE  E  E  E NE  E SE SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  3  2  2  3  5 10 12 12 16 16 19 23 12 11  9 10  6  3  4  6
Wind gust                                   27 26    33 32 29 26
Clouds           CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S              S  S  S  S
Obvis                  PF PF


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          68      50    73      51    69      49    71      49    65
Temp          65 63 54   50 70 67 57   51 66 64 55   49 68 66 56   50 63 60
Dewpt         52 49 47   48 49 48 44   42 44 43 43   42 45 45 44   43 44 44
PWind dir         N      SE     W       E    NE      SE     S       S     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5     0       0     0      10    10

$$
SDZ032-271000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
525 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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          71          58          79          53
Temp             77 65 59 56 55 61 67 70 68 61 60 59 59 66 73 77 70 63 59 57 54
Dewpt            60 58 55 54 54 55 55 57 57 57 59 59 59 60 60 59 60 60 59 57 54
RH               56 78 87 93 96 81 65 63 68 87 96100100 81 64 54 71 90100100100
Wind dir          N NE  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N
Wind spd          8  5  4  5  8 10 12 14 16 17 14 16 17 11 12 11 10  8  8 10 10
Wind gust                       20 23 25                29 29 28
Clouds           CL CL CL SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.02        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  S  S        S  S  S  S
Obvis                        PF PF


Date           09/29/26  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          72      49    76      50    70      47    70      47    65
Temp          67 65 53   49 72 71 56   50 67 65 53   47 67 66 54   48 62 61
Dewpt         53 50 48   47 49 48 45   43 43 43 43   43 45 45 44   43 44 44
PWind dir         N       S    SW      NE     N      SE    SE       E     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5     0       0     5      10    10

$$
SDZ049-271000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
625 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
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                      58          72          60          75          58
Temp             72 63 61 59 59 62 68 72 68 63 62 61 61 64 70 74 70 65 63 62 59
Dewpt            65 62 61 59 59 62 63 63 63 63 62 61 61 61 62 62 62 63 63 62 59
RH               79 97100100100100 84 73 84100100100100 90 76 66 76 93100100100
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd          8  6  4  3  3  5 11 12 10 10 11 11 13 17 17 14 17 18 14 11  9
Wind gust                                               28 32 31 27 28
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20          20          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S        S  S  S  S        S  S  L  L  D  D  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
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          70      51    72      51    68      48    68      49    64
Temp          66 64   54 52 70 67   57 53 65 63   53 49 65 64   54 50 62 60
Dewpt         60 58   54 51 53 55   52 48 47 49   47 46 48 51   49 47 48 50
PWind dir        NW       S     S      SW     N      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    10      10     5       5    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  S                                      S

$$