Bijou Hills, South Dakota Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Bijou Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Light Drizzle——87°64°—
- SundayJul 5Clear——87°68°0°
- MondayJul 6Overcast25%—97°68°+10°
- TuesdayJul 7Heavy Showers38%0.36″99°69°+2°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle56%—81°68°-18°
- ThursdayJul 9Showers17%0.41″88°63°+7°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy17%—81°61°-7°
AQI 57 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 23.8 µg/m³ (AQI 78) with a 0.68 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 45 now. With UV 8.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 48 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 45
- UV peak
- 8.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 48
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 23.8 µg/m³ (AQI 78) with a 0.68 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.68
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:37 PM
- Moonset
- 10:40 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Bijou Hills at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Bijou Hills
- Sat87°64°9%
- Sun87°68°2%
- Mon97°68°25%
- Tue99°69°38%
- Wed81°68°56%
- Thu88°63°17%
- Fri81°61°17%
- Sat81°57°12%
- Sun87°62°7%
- Mon89°64°5%
- Tue95°63°7%
- Wed103°72°14%
- Thu90°74°14%
- Fri87°66°23%
- Sat84°60°15%
- Sun86°57°20%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Bijou Hills
SPC includes Bijou Hills in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Bijou Hills
- 57369