Weather in Fruitdale, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fruitdale, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:50 AM
68
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
56°
Humidity
30%
Wind
22 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:17 PM
Fruitdale, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
7p
70°
8p
63°
9p
58°
10p
54°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
46°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
47°
6a
53°
7a
59°
8a
62°
9a
67°
10a
69°
11a
73°
12p
73°
1p
74°
2p
75°
3p
75°
4p
75°
5p
75°
6p
Fruitdale, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast21%75°41°
- SundayMay 17Rain52%64°46°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow86%52°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast57%65°31°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast10%76°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle27%65°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast17%74°46°
Fruitdale, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Fruitdale, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ESE
119° · backing 151°
Direction
ESE
119°
Sustained
22
mph
Gust
37
mph
Peak 24h
46
avg 15
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
Fruitdale, SD
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 3.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 106.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Fruitdale, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:52 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
8:17 PM
Civil dusk
2:52 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fruitdale, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:26 AM
- Moonset
- 2:56 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fruitdale, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Fruitdale at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 68°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 14 (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).