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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
321 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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          60          39          65          39
Temp             51 49 49 47 47 51 55 60 54 46 42 39 39 49 61 64 56 47 44 41 40
Dewpt            49 49 49 47 47 50 49 47 46 43 41 38 37 40 36 34 36 35 35 35 35
RH               93100100100100 96 80 62 74 89 96 96 92 71 39 32 47 63 70 79 82
Wind dir         NE  N  N  N  N NW NW  W NW NW  W SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W NW NW
Wind spd          6  8  9 10 11 11 12 11  9  8  6  6  6  9 12 13 10 10 11 11 13
Wind gust                    21 21 24 24 19                24 25 20       26 33
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          50          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.42        0.12           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                    S  S  C
Rain shwrs        C  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms             S  C  C  C
Obvis             F  F  F  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          54      27    68      43    64      36    58      35    61
Temp          50 49 36   30 62 62 51   44 60 57 43   36 54 53 39   35 57 55
Dewpt         30 26 25   23 33 35 35   32 33 32 32   29 30 30 29   28 32 31
PWind dir        NW       W     S       W    NW      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW CL   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0     0       5    10      20    10       5     5
Rain           C                                 S    S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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          46          37          60          34
Temp             58 52 49 45 43 44 45 46 43 40 40 38 39 46 55 59 51 45 42 38 36
Dewpt            51 50 49 45 43 44 44 43 41 39 39 37 36 38 35 35 35 35 34 34 33
RH               77 93100100100100 96 89 93 96 96 96 89 73 47 40 54 68 73 85 89
Wind dir         SE SE NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW
Wind spd         11  8  6 11 13 14 13 14 13 10  8 10 11 12 14 14 11  9 10 11 13
Wind gust        21          24    24 26 25 21       21    25 26          21 26
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          80          30           5          50
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.23        0.02           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C  C  S
Rain shwrs        C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          49      29    66      39    56      30    54      34    57
Temp          45 44 36   34 61 61 49   40 53 50 37   31 50 49 39   35 54 51
Dewpt         30 26 24   25 34 37 35   33 32 31 30   28 30 29 28   27 31 31
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW    SW       S    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW CL   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0      30    20      20    10       5     5
Rain           S                           S  S  S    S
Rain shwrs                         S    C
Snow                                                  S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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          52          40          59          36
Temp             46 46 47 45 45 49 51 52 48 44 43 43 41 47 55 58 52 45 42 40 38
Dewpt            45 46 47 45 45 49 49 48 46 42 41 41 39 40 37 36 37 37 36 36 35
RH               96100100100100100 93 86 93 93 93 93 92 76 51 44 56 73 79 85 89
Wind dir          E  E NE NE  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         16 13  9 10 10 12 17 19 18 20 20 20 19 23 27 27 20 17 13 16 18
Wind gust        26                   29 31 33 33 35 34 37 41 43 32       26 31
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          80          50          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.36        0.07           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                    C  C
Rain shwrs        C  L  D  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF  F  F  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          52      31    64      39    58      33    55      32    58
Temp          48 47 36   31 58 57 47   40 54 52 40   34 52 49 39   33 54 52
Dewpt         31 27 28   26 32 35 36   33 36 34 32   31 32 30 30   29 33 33
PWind dir        NW       W     S       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char        WY      GN    GN      GN    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0      30    20      20    10       5     5
Rain                                       S          S
Rain shwrs                         S    C
Snow                                                  S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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          53          35          54          34
Temp             46 47 48 47 46 49 51 51 44 39 37 36 36 45 52 54 47 42 40 38 35
Dewpt            46 47 48 47 46 47 43 40 37 35 35 34 33 33 30 30 30 28 29 29 29
RH              100100100100100 93 74 66 76 85 92 92 89 62 43 40 51 57 64 70 78
Wind dir          E NE NE NE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  5  4  4  4  8 10 11 11 11 10  9  9 10 12 12  8  6  5  5  6
Wind gust        18 21             21 25 25 29    29 24 26 26 25 18       17 26
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.21           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain                                                                    C  C
Rain shwrs        C  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Snow                                                                       S  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C
Obvis             F  F  F  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          45      26    60      38    55      30    50      32    55
Temp          43 39 32   29 56 54 47   39 53 47 37   31 47 44 36   33 53 47
Dewpt         23 20 21   20 26 31 30   29 26 26 26   24 24 25 24   25 26 28
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W    NW      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       0     0      10    20      20    10      10     5
Rain           C                              S  S
Snow           C                                 S    S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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          57          41          59          39
Temp             48 48 50 48 48 52 54 57 52 47 44 42 42 49 57 59 54 47 44 41 40
Dewpt            48 48 50 48 48 52 52 50 49 46 42 41 41 42 39 38 39 38 38 38 38
RH              100100100100100100 93 77 89 96 93 96 96 77 51 45 57 71 79 89 92
Wind dir          E  E NE NE  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12 13 13 12 10 12 16 17 14 16 17 17 16 17 21 20 14 13 13 14 16
Wind gust                                   27 27 29 27 28 33 32 26 24       27
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.04           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                    C  C  S
Rain shwrs        C  L  D  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                C  C  S
Obvis             F  F  F  F  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          52      32    63      41    59      36    55      35    57
Temp          49 47 38   32 54 55 47   42 55 53 43   37 52 49 39   35 53 52
Dewpt         33 29 29   28 33 37 37   34 36 36 35   32 34 33 31   31 35 36
PWind dir        NW       W     S       S    NW      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0      20    10      20    10       5     5
Rain           S                                 S    S
Rain shwrs                              S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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                      49          61          37          63          37
Temp             56 55 55 51 49 52 57 61 55 47 43 39 38 48 59 63 58 47 44 41 39
Dewpt            55 54 52 51 49 51 49 44 41 41 39 38 36 37 36 32 32 34 34 33 33
RH               96 96 90100100 96 75 53 59 79 86 96 92 65 42 31 37 60 68 73 79
Wind dir          E  E SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW SW NW
Wind spd         11 12  6  6  8 10 13 13 12 11 10 10 10 13 17 16 10  6  5  5  9
Wind gust        21       19          24    23                               20
Clouds           OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          40           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                          C
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S
Obvis             F  F  F PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          54      26    69      41    65      33    58      35    62
Temp          49 49 36   30 61 63 53   42 61 58 43   34 54 53 42   36 58 55
Dewpt         33 24 25   24 30 32 33   32 32 29 32   30 30 29 30   29 31 30
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      SW    NW      NW     W       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   CL FW CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       0     0       0     5      20    10       5     5
Rain           C                                 S    S
Snow                                                  S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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                      50          62          41          66          39
Temp             52 52 53 51 50 56 59 62 56 49 44 41 41 50 62 65 58 49 45 40 40
Dewpt            52 52 53 51 50 54 51 49 48 46 43 41 39 41 38 35 38 38 38 37 38
RH              100100100100100 93 75 62 74 89 96100 92 71 41 33 47 66 76 89 92
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  S  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  W  W NW
Wind spd         16 13 12 11  6 11 14 17 13 11 10  9 10 13 17 18 13 11 10 11 13
Wind gust           25             25    24          20 24    28             25
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30          10           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                          C
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S
Obvis             F  F  F  F  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          56      26    67      42    65      36    60      34    62
Temp          52 50 38   29 60 60 49   43 62 58 45   37 55 53 40   35 57 55
Dewpt         35 29 29   26 32 36 37   35 35 35 35   32 33 32 32   31 34 36
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      SW    NW      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       0     0       5     5      20    10      10     5
Rain           C                                 S    S

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

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            Sat
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                      57          76          45          68          42
Temp             54 57 61 60 60 65 72 72 61 55 50 47 45 53 62 66 59 52 49 45 43
Dewpt            54 57 58 55 55 57 59 58 57 53 49 46 43 45 44 42 42 40 39 38 38
RH              100100 90 84 84 75 64 61 87 93 96 96 93 74 52 42 53 63 68 76 82
Wind dir          E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         16 17 18 20 21 23 23 19 13 12 11 10 11 13 17 16 10 10 11 11 13
Wind gust        26 27 28 33 34 36 35 31                   27 26
Clouds           OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle          AR AR
Rain                                                                          C
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                   S  S        S  S
Obvis             F PF    PF PF


Date           10/18  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          56      33    66      45    68      41    60      39    63
Temp          52 50   42 34 58 58   52 46 63 59   48 42 56 54   44 40 59 57
Dewpt         41 34   31 29 33 36   36 37 38 38   36 35 35 35   34 33 36 37
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      SW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0     0       0     5      20    10       5     5
Rain           C  S                                   S

$$