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National Weather Service Rapid City SD
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

SDZ026-161000-
Rapid City Regional Airport-Pennington SD
44.05N 103.06W Elev. 3204 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      53          85          52          70          53
Temp             70 59 53 54 53 60 73 82 78 65 60 55 52 57 62 68 65 60 59 57 56
Dewpt            35 38 44 46 47 51 54 53 52 50 50 51 52 56 59 61 61 60 59 57 56
RH               27 45 71 74 80 72 51 37 40 58 69 86100 96 90 78 87100100100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S  S NE  N  N NW  N  N  N  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd         13 10 11 14 18 19 17  6 10  9 11 12 11  8  9 10  9  9  6  5  4
Wind gust        28 24 23 27 31 34 31 21 24 20 21          19 21 21 20 17
Clouds           FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20           5          30          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.35        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S                                S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      54    74      50    73      47    74      49    78
Temp          69 76 60   55 68 69 54   51 69 68 52   47 69 70 53   49 72 73
Dewpt         62 61 58   55 59 57 54   50 54 52 49   47 52 50 49   47 52 50
PWind dir         E       E    NE       N     N      NW     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      50    70      50    40      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs           C    C  C  L  C    S  S  C  C          S
Tstms                S          S  S

$$
WYZ054-161000-
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport-Campbell WY
44.35N 105.54W Elev. 4364 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      54          78          50          73          55
Temp             67 59 59 57 55 64 73 76 70 59 54 51 51 60 69 73 69 61 58 57 56
Dewpt            31 34 40 41 43 45 41 39 40 41 43 44 46 49 53 55 56 56 56 55 55
RH               26 39 49 55 64 50 31 26 33 51 66 77 83 67 57 53 63 84 93 93 96
Wind dir         SE SE SE  S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd         14 19 24 25 21 13 11 13 13  9  5  4  3  6 16 17 19 19 17 16 11
Wind gust        28 33 36 36 33    23 25 26 23 19          27 29    33 33 31 25
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          81      54    73      48    73      47    77      51    79
Temp          76 74 57   55 69 68 53   50 70 69 52   48 74 74 56   52 75 75
Dewpt         54 50 53   52 51 47 47   45 45 39 41   41 42 35 40   40 42 37
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      80    40      40    30       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs        S  D    C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms             S  C          S  S

$$
SDZ001-161000-
Buffalo-Harding SD
45.60N 103.55W Elev. 3004 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      51          81          48          71          53
Temp             65 53 52 52 51 60 72 80 74 60 52 49 48 54 65 69 65 58 58 57 55
Dewpt            32 37 42 44 45 49 50 47 47 50 51 49 48 52 54 55 57 58 58 57 55
RH               29 54 69 74 80 67 46 31 38 69 96100100 93 68 61 75100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E SE SE  S NW NW  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          9 12 14 19 19 19 13 11 14 16 11  8  8 10 16 19 20 19 17 13 12
Wind gust        20             33    21 26                27 32 33 32 28 24
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                             S  S  S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      54    70      50    72      47    74      49    76
Temp          70 71 59   55 68 65 54   51 69 65 50   48 71 68 53   49 73 70
Dewpt         60 58 58   55 57 55 54   51 52 49 50   47 49 47 49   47 49 47
PWind dir        SE       E    SE       W    NW      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   B2 OV B2 B1   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      70    70      60    50      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs           C    L  L  L  L    C  C  C  S
Tstms                S       S  S  S

$$
SDZ029-161000-
Custer County Airport-Custer SD
43.73N 103.62W Elev. 5602 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      47          78          52          63          50
Temp             60 52 49 48 47 56 68 77 72 61 57 53 52 57 58 61 61 56 55 53 52
Dewpt            35 36 38 41 42 47 48 44 46 44 43 46 48 53 55 56 56 55 55 53 52
RH               39 54 66 77 83 72 49 31 39 53 59 77 86 86 90 84 84 96100100100
Wind dir         SE  E SE  S  S SW  W  W NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE  N NW
Wind spd          9  8  8  6  5  6  8  8  5  6  6  5  5  6  8  6  6  5  3  1  1
Wind gust        23 20 19 21 16 17 19 19 17 21 20 16 16 19 20 20 19 19
Clouds           FW FW B1 B2 B1 FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0          30          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.31        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  S                                S  S  S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      51    69      47    66      44    67      47    69
Temp          68 71 56   52 63 64 51   48 63 62 48   45 64 64 51   48 66 65
Dewpt         55 54 53   51 51 48 46   44 43 41 40   40 41 41 40   41 43 42
PWind dir         S       N     W      NW    NW       N     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      50    60      50    40      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        S  C    C  C  L  C    C  C  C  S          S             S
Tstms             S  S          C  C

$$
SDZ013-161000-
Faith Municipal Airport-Meade SD
45.04N 102.02W Elev. 2584 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      50          81          50          70          54
Temp             67 55 51 51 50 59 69 78 75 61 55 52 50 57 65 70 66 59 58 56 55
Dewpt            40 43 46 46 47 49 52 55 54 55 55 52 50 53 56 57 58 59 58 56 55
RH               37 64 83 83 89 69 55 45 48 81100100100 86 73 63 75100100100100
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S NW  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          6 10 14 18 20 27 24 13  6  8 10  9 10 11 12 13 14 16 13 12 11
Wind gust                       37 34       18             23 25 25 26
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.09        0.34
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                             C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                                   S  S  S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          73      54    71      51    71      48    73      49    76
Temp          68 71 58   55 68 67 54   52 68 66 51   48 69 70 52   50 72 71
Dewpt         62 59 57   55 59 56 54   52 54 51 51   48 52 49 51   49 52 49
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE    NW      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      50    50      50    40      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S       S
Tstms                              S             S

$$
SDZ042-161000-
Pine Ridge Airport-Oglala Lakota SD
43.02N 102.51W Elev. 3333 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      50          84          55          72          55
Temp             72 61 55 53 51 61 73 82 80 68 62 58 55 62 68 71 69 62 60 58 56
Dewpt            38 43 44 46 48 51 53 53 54 56 55 56 55 59 60 60 61 62 60 58 56
RH               29 51 66 77 89 70 49 37 41 65 78 93100 90 76 68 76100100100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  S  E SE  E NE NE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd         11 12 16 17 19 19 17 11  6  5  5  3  6  8 11 12 11  9  4  3  3
Wind gust        21 23    28 29 32                13          23
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.53        0.51
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  S                                S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          80      54    76      51    74      47    75      50    78
Temp          72 80 61   56 70 72 56   52 70 71 53   48 71 72 55   51 73 74
Dewpt         59 57 58   55 57 54 54   52 50 47 49   48 48 45 48   48 49 47
PWind dir         N       E    NE      NE    NW       E    NW      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    40      50    30      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs           S    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  S
Tstms                S          C  S

$$
SDZ032-161000-
Philip Airport-Haakon SD
44.05N 101.60W Elev. 2209 ft
436 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      49          85          52          73          53
Temp             74 57 52 50 49 59 69 81 80 65 58 55 53 60 65 71 70 61 59 58 55
Dewpt            38 42 46 47 48 52 54 58 58 58 58 55 53 59 61 62 62 61 59 58 55
RH               27 57 80 89 96 78 59 46 47 78100100100 96 87 73 76100100100100
Wind dir          E SE  E SE SE SE  S  S  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          6 10 11 12 14 18 21 13  8  8  6  6  9 11 13 14 16 17 14 11  9
Wind gust                       32    24                   26 27 27 27    21
Clouds           FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.30        0.91
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S                             S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      52    74      50    73      46    74      48    78
Temp          66 76 59   54 66 71 55   52 67 70 52   48 67 71 52   49 71 75
Dewpt         63 62 57   54 59 58 54   52 55 53 51   47 52 51 51   49 52 51
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NW       N    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      30    40      40    40      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S       S
Tstms                        S     S             S

$$
SDZ049-161000-
Winner Regional Airport-Tripp SD
43.39N  99.84W Elev. 2032 ft
536 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      51          77          58          74          60
Temp             74 60 52 51 51 58 64 73 73 65 62 61 59 63 68 72 71 65 64 63 61
Dewpt            42 47 52 51 50 54 54 60 64 64 62 61 59 63 64 66 66 65 64 63 61
RH               32 62100100 96 86 70 64 73 97100100100100 87 81 84100100100100
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N
Wind spd          5  8  8  8 10 14 20 16 11 11  9  5  6 10 13 13 16 18 16 14 11
Wind gust                       26 31 29                   25 25       26
Clouds           FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.27        1.36
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S                             S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          75      57    71      56    71      52    71      53    75
Temp          69 75   63 58 66 69   58 56 67 67   55 52 66 68   54 53 70 72
Dewpt         66 66   61 58 62 63   58 55 58 60   55 52 54 58   54 53 55 58
PWind dir         N       N     N      NE     N      NE     N      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B2 OV B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      40    20      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     S             S  S    C  C  S  S    S  S     S       S
Tstms                                   S          S

$$