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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

SDZ026-161000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       3          34          20          66          39
Temp                 6  3  4  3 14 27 33 32 23 22 25 31 42 60 65 61 50 45 42 42
Dewpt               -1 -2 -1 -3  2  7 11 14 14 16 21 28 34 36 36 36 35 34 33 33
RH                  72 79 79 75 58 42 39 47 68 77 84 88 73 41 34 39 56 65 70 70
Wind dir             N NW  W  W SW  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd            10  5  4  3  3  5  6  8  6  6  5  5  9 17 23 18 11  9  8  6
Wind gust                                               19 34 40 33 25 21
Clouds              FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C
Snow                                      C  C  C  C
Wind chill          -9 -8 -4                15 14 19
Min chill             -11    -9    -5          11    14


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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          76      43    79      46    81      44    77      39    63
Temp          70 71 50   44 72 74 52   48 74 72 49   44 66 69 49   41 57 58
Dewpt         36 35 32   31 35 37 32   29 35 35 33   29 35 35 30   30 32 30
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       W    NW      NW    NE       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10       5     5

$$
WYZ054-161000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       6          39          31          63          39
Temp                 8 12 11 13 22 31 38 38 33 36 40 40 46 59 63 60 50 47 44 44
Dewpt                4  5  5  5 10 18 24 28 28 29 31 32 33 34 36 36 35 34 34 33
RH                  83 73 76 70 59 58 57 67 82 75 70 73 60 39 36 41 56 60 68 65
Wind dir             W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W SW SW
Wind spd             4  5  6  6  6  8  8  5  8 10 11 12 12 18 21 18 12  8  9 10
Wind gust                                               23    34 28
Clouds              FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S
Snow                                      S
Wind chill           0  3  1  2 14
Min chill              -3    -1     2


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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      39    77      45    78      45    76      37    60
Temp          68 69 49   44 70 73 53   48 71 72 52   47 69 70 48   39 55 55
Dewpt         35 32 32   31 32 31 29   29 31 31 31   31 33 31 30   31 29 30
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW     W       W    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5       5     5

$$
SDZ001-161000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       3          32          21          57          38
Temp                 7  5  4  3 11 25 31 29 23 23 25 31 39 52 57 54 46 43 40 40
Dewpt                2  1  1  0  6 11 15 18 18 19 22 28 36 38 38 37 36 35 35 34
RH                  79 83 87 87 80 55 51 63 81 84 88 88 89 59 49 52 68 73 82 79
Wind dir             W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  6  5  5  3  5  8 10 11 12 11 12 18 27 32 25 19 17 14 13
Wind gust                                               31 40 46 37 32 28 25
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C
Snow                                      C  C  C  C
Wind chill          -7 -7 -7 -8  5 19       12 11 14
Min chill              -9    -8    -6           9    11


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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          67      40    73      44    74      40    67      35    57
Temp          63 63 46   42 67 70 52   47 66 65 46   40 60 60 42   36 50 51
Dewpt         40 37 36   34 38 39 36   34 37 37 34   30 35 36 32   30 32 30
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W      NW    SE       N     N
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    10      10     5

$$
SDZ029-161000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       4          35          24          59          39
Temp                 9  6  6  6 18 29 34 32 26 28 32 37 44 55 59 55 48 45 42 41
Dewpt               -9 -9 -6 -5 -2  4 11 17 20 25 26 30 31 30 28 29 30 30 29 30
RH                  43 49 57 60 40 34 38 53 78 88 78 75 60 38 30 37 49 55 60 65
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             5  3  3  3  2  5  5  3  2  4  4  5  9 14 16 13 10  6  5  4
Wind gust                          16 18 13       16 19 27 35 37 34 28 21 17
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C
Snow                                      C  C  C  C
Wind chill           0
Min chill              -3    -4    -1


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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      41    71      46    74      45    72      37    57
Temp          63 65 47   43 67 68 50   47 69 68 48   46 65 64 48   39 53 51
Dewpt         30 27 27   28 29 28 27   26 27 28 28   27 31 30 28   26 27 27
PWind dir         W      NW     W      NW    NW      NW     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10       5    10

$$
SDZ013-161000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       1          28          16          55          36
Temp                 4  3  5  2  9 20 26 26 18 18 18 19 27 47 55 53 44 42 39 39
Dewpt               -2 -1  1  0  5 11 11 13 13 13 14 17 26 36 38 37 36 35 35 34
RH                  75 83 83 91 83 67 52 57 80 80 84 92 96 65 53 54 73 76 85 82
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  W NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 10  9  5  4  4  5  6 10 12 13 11 12 17 21 19 17 16 14 13
Wind gust                                                     32 31 27 26 25
Clouds              SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C  C
Snow                                      S  S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill         -12-13 -9-10  0 13    18  6  5  5  7 17
Min chill             -15   -13    -8    17     4     4     8


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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      39    73      44    74      40    66      36    57
Temp          61 64 47   40 67 70 52   46 67 66 47   40 59 60 43   36 50 51
Dewpt         41 38 36   34 40 41 37   34 39 37 33   29 36 35 30   30 32 30
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NW      NW    NE      NE     N
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    10      10     5

$$
SDZ042-161000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       1          38          22          67          35
Temp                 9  4  4  3 13 27 36 36 25 26 31 34 40 58 66 63 49 43 39 38
Dewpt                3  3  0  0  3  4  8 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 34 34 34 32 32 32
RH                  76 95 83 87 63 37 30 40 68 78 69 78 73 42 30 34 56 65 76 79
Wind dir             N NW  W SW SW  W  W  W SE  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd             4  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  5  5  5  6 10 16 18 12  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                                               20 27 29
Clouds              FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                               S
Snow                                      C  C  S  S
Wind chill           0                      19
Min chill              -4    -4     2          17


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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          75      38    78      42    79      41    78      36    62
Temp          67 73 48   40 70 74 51   44 72 73 50   42 68 71 49   37 56 59
Dewpt         37 35 32   31 35 38 32   29 35 35 32   30 36 36 29   27 32 30
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW     W      SE    SW      SW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5       5     5

$$
SDZ032-161000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       1          32          16          62          36
Temp                 4  2  5  2 10 23 30 29 19 18 19 22 32 53 61 57 46 42 39 38
Dewpt                0 -1  1  0  5  9 10 12 13 13 14 19 28 38 37 36 36 35 35 34
RH                  83 87 83 91 80 54 42 48 77 80 80 88 85 57 41 45 68 76 85 85
Wind dir            NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SE SE SE SE SE SW  W NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             5  8  5  5  4  5  5  5  8  9  8  5  9 14 21 17 13 12 12 11
Wind gust           18                                     26 33 27 24
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C  C
Snow                                            S  S  C  C
Wind chill          -7-12 -7 -9  3 17        8  7  9 15
Min chill             -13   -13    -9    18     6     7    15


Date           03/18/26  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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          74      39    78      43    80      40    74      37    62
Temp          67 69 48   41 71 72 51   46 72 71 47   40 65 66 45   38 56 56
Dewpt         41 38 36   34 39 40 37   34 38 36 34   30 36 34 31   30 34 30
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NW      NW    NE      NE     N
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5       5     5

$$
SDZ049-161000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
926 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Date           03/15/26      Mon 03/16/26            Tue 03/17/26            Wed
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                       1          26          10          55          37
Temp                 7  6  6  2  8 19 25 23 13 13 17 20 26 42 53 54 46 44 41 40
Dewpt               -1  0  1  0  4 10 11 11  8 10 10 13 21 33 37 37 37 36 35 35
RH                  69 76 79 91 83 67 55 59 80 87 73 74 81 70 54 52 71 73 79 82
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            14 13 12 11 10 10  8  4  6  9 12 16 16 14 18 14 14 14 13 13
Wind gust           29                                     26 28       25 24
Clouds              B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                     C
Snow                                                  C  C
Obvis               BS
Wind chill         -11-10-11-14 -7  7 16 17  3  1  3  5 13
Min chill             -12   -15   -15    11    -1     0     5


Date           03/18  Thu 03/19/26  Fri 03/20/26  Sat 03/21/26  Sun 03/22/26
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          72      42    75      47    79      44    74      39    61
Temp          65 69   51 43 69 72   54 50 73 71   51 44 65 66   48 40 56 56
Dewpt         42 39   38 37 40 39   37 34 40 37   35 31 34 34   30 27 32 30
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    NW      NW     N       E     N
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5       5     5

$$