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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

SDZ026-271000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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                      46          82          49          61          33
Temp          61 61 52 48 47 47 61 73 81 74 60 55 50 49 59 57 52 45 42 41 37 34
Dewpt         44 44 47 48 46 47 52 52 50 49 52 48 44 43 44 45 42 38 38 36 33 31
RH            53 53 83100 96100 72 48 34 41 75 77 80 80 57 64 69 76 86 82 85 89
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  N  W  W NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      24 21 19 17 14 13 13 12 12  9 10 11 11 11 17 24 29 27 21 13  9  4
Wind gust     40 35 34 27 29 27 25 24 24             21 29 37 47 46 36 27
Clouds        B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          70         100          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.28        0.61        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S     D  D  L  L
Rain shwrs                                L  L  C        C
Tstms                                     L  L  C           S     S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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      42    65      41    66      38    74      44    79
Temp          57 63 47   43 61 59 46   42 61 61 44   39 66 70 51   45 72 74
Dewpt         35 36 36   36 42 40 38   34 33 32 33   30 36 37 37   37 42 42
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW       W     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    50      20    10       0     0       5    10
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                         S

$$
WYZ054-271000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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                      43          75          44          49          33
Temp          70 67 57 51 45 44 58 71 75 71 62 57 48 45 47 44 44 41 39 38 36 36
Dewpt         43 35 40 44 44 42 44 34 27 29 30 36 42 45 45 42 39 38 37 35 33 33
RH            38 30 53 77 96 93 59 26 17 21 30 45 80100 93 93 82 89 92 89 89 89
Wind dir       S SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  N NW  W SW  S
Wind spd      17 13  9  9  9 10 11 13 13 12 11 13 14 16 21 26 26 20 13  9  8  9
Wind gust     27                                     27 34 40 40 33
Clouds        FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30         100          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        1.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  D     D  D  S  S
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  S     D
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S  S     S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          63      42    58      40    62      42    74      48    76
Temp          56 62 47   45 54 55 45   42 58 61 46   43 67 72 54   49 71 71
Dewpt         39 37 38   40 41 39 39   36 35 33 34   33 39 35 36   37 40 39
PWind dir         S      SW    NW       W    NW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      10     5       0     0       0     5
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                   C

$$
SDZ001-271000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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                      41          76          48          53          28
Temp          56 56 50 46 43 42 53 66 76 73 61 55 51 49 50 47 49 46 42 37 33 31
Dewpt         44 45 47 45 43 42 50 51 51 50 52 52 51 49 49 44 40 38 34 32 28 27
RH            64 66 89 96100100 89 58 42 44 72 90100100 96 89 71 73 73 82 82 85
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W SW
Wind spd      25 23 18 14  9  4  4  6 10 11 10 10 13 18 27 34 33 26 16 10  5  5
Wind gust     40 36 29                               31 43 49 49 40
Clouds        B2 B1 SC B1 OV OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          90         100          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20        1.30           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  D     D  D  S  S
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D     D
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                         F


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      42    63      40    65      37    71      44    75
Temp          55 60 47   45 59 60 45   41 59 60 43   38 64 67 51   44 69 72
Dewpt         34 38 39   40 42 39 37   34 33 31 33   31 36 39 38   37 42 43
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW       E     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      10     5       0     0       0     5
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                   S

$$
SDZ029-271000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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                      42          74          43          53          30
Temp          55 53 48 45 44 44 58 69 74 67 54 49 45 44 52 52 50 40 37 36 33 31
Dewpt         43 43 43 43 43 43 48 41 35 39 41 39 34 34 37 37 35 31 31 30 28 27
RH            64 69 83 93 96 96 69 36 24 36 61 68 65 68 56 56 56 70 79 79 82 85
Wind dir       S  S  S SW  W  W SW  W SW  W NW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd       9  9  5  4  3  2  3  6  5  4  5  9  8  8 12 13 13 11  8  4  2  2
Wind gust     24 21 17                16          20 21 27 29 31 29 23 14
Clouds        SC FW SC SC SC B2 SC FW SC OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          70         100          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.29        0.34        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S     D  D  L  L
Rain shwrs                                L  L  C        C
Snow                                                                 C
Tstms                                     L  L  C           S  S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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      39    59      36    60      36    68      44    72
Temp          51 56 44   40 57 52 41   39 56 55 40   37 61 64 48   45 67 66
Dewpt         30 28 31   31 36 35 33   31 26 26 28   26 31 30 33   34 35 35
PWind dir        SW      SW     N      NW    NW      NW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    60      30    20       0     5       5    20
Rain                            L
Rain shwrs                   S     C       S  S                           S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
SDZ013-271000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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          78          51          57          30
Temp          51 52 48 46 45 46 58 69 77 74 62 56 52 51 54 54 49 43 41 39 35 31
Dewpt         41 42 46 46 45 46 53 56 55 54 55 55 52 51 52 49 42 38 36 34 30 28
RH            68 69 93100100100 83 63 47 50 78 96100100 93 83 77 82 82 82 82 88
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      27 25 21 19 18 14 17 16 16 13 13 10 10 13 19 25 28 25 18 13 10  6
Wind gust     41 37 34 29 28 25                         29 40 43 37 28
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          90         100          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.35        1.25        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  D     D  D  C  C
Rain shwrs                                L  L  D  C     D
Tstms                                     L  L  C  C  C  S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          61      42    66      41    65      38    69      45    75
Temp          53 59 46   43 62 60 46   42 60 61 44   39 63 67 51   45 68 72
Dewpt         32 34 34   37 44 41 41   37 35 32 34   33 37 38 38   36 44 44
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW       N     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      20     5       0     0       5     5
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                         S

$$
SDZ042-271000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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          81          45          64          33
Temp          57 55 51 51 49 50 59 70 79 74 60 53 48 46 57 63 64 48 41 39 37 34
Dewpt         47 47 48 50 49 50 53 54 52 51 53 50 41 38 40 39 39 40 39 38 36 34
RH            69 74 89 96100100 80 57 39 44 78 89 77 73 53 41 40 74 92 96 96100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  W SW  W  W  W  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      24 21 23 20 18 14 16 13 12 10 10 11 11 11 20 24 24 21 17 10  5  3
Wind gust     37 36 37 34 31 26 26 24             21 21 33 37 40 34 28
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 SC FW B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          70          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14        0.15        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S     D  D  D  D  S  S
Rain shwrs                                L  L  C        C
Tstms                                     L  L  C           S  S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          64      42    67      38    65      36    73      46    77
Temp          56 62 49   44 64 60 46   40 61 61 43   37 66 70 53   46 73 73
Dewpt         34 32 35   36 42 41 41   38 34 31 33   31 36 36 38   39 44 42
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW    NW       E     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW FW SC B1   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    40      30    10       0     5      10    10
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                         C    S

$$
SDZ032-271000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
230 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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          81          51          66          33
Temp          57 56 51 49 48 49 62 73 80 76 64 58 52 51 60 64 59 48 43 41 38 34
Dewpt         43 44 47 48 48 49 54 55 54 53 56 56 52 50 49 47 45 39 39 38 34 32
RH            59 64 86 96100100 75 53 41 45 75 93100 96 67 54 60 71 86 89 85 92
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      26 24 19 14 13 12 17 18 18 17 13 10 11 13 21 25 29 27 20 13 10  6
Wind gust     42 37 32          27                      33 40 44 43 33 24
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          70          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.22        0.35        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S     D  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                                L  L  L        C
Tstms                                     L  L  C           S     S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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      44    71      41    69      38    74      46    80
Temp          56 63 49   45 66 64 48   43 64 64 46   39 66 70 52   47 73 75
Dewpt         31 31 34   37 43 42 41   39 35 31 34   34 35 36 38   38 44 42
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW    NW      NW     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      20    10       0     0       5     5
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                         S

$$
SDZ049-271000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
330 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            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                      48          74          54          74          36
Temp          51 47 49 50 50 51 59 66 73 70 63 63 58 54 63 71 74 57 46 42 40 38
Dewpt         45 46 47 49 50 51 55 57 58 58 60 62 58 52 50 44 41 42 40 39 36 32
RH            80 96 93 96100100 87 73 59 66 90 97100 93 62 38 30 57 79 89 85 79
Wind dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      23 23 20 18 18 18 21 23 24 21 19 18 14 13 19 25 29 28 25 20 16 12
Wind gust     36 34 33 29 29    33 34 37 33 31 29 25    29 40 44 43 36 31
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC B1 OV OV B2 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          60          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S     C  C  D  D  C  C
Rain shwrs     S                          C  C  L  C     S
Tstms          S                          C  C  C  C        S  S  S


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      44    74      44    70      40    71      47    77
Temp          54 61   47 46 69 68   51 46 64 64   47 42 65 68   52 48 70 72
Dewpt         31 30   33 36 45 45   45 42 38 35   36 35 38 38   37 38 45 45
PWind dir         N       S    SW      NW    NW      NW     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       0    30      40    10       0     0       5    10
Rain                            C
Rain shwrs                           C  S

$$