Weather in Fairburn, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fairburn, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 4:09 AM
61
°
Drizzle
Feels like
57°
Humidity
63%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:12 PM
Fairburn, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
60°
10p
55°
11p
54°
12a
53°
1a
49°
2a
48°
3a
47°
4a
47°
5a
48°
6a
53°
7a
63°
8a
66°
9a
69°
10a
70°
11a
73°
12p
75°
1p
78°
2p
79°
3p
78°
4p
78°
5p
76°
6p
74°
7p
69°
8p
64°
9p
Fairburn, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle33%79°47°
- SundayMay 17Rain48%60°48°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain87%46°36°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast40%62°33°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast21%73°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast41%67°49°
- FridayMay 22Overcast22%77°49°
Fairburn, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fairburn, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
315° · backing 39°
Direction
NW
315°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 9
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fairburn, SD
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Fairburn, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:54 AM
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
8:12 PM
Civil dusk
2:46 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fairburn, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:29 AM
- Moonset
- 2:50 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Fairburn, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Fairburn at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 8 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).