Weather in Grass Ranch Colony, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 4:07 AM
66
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
57°
Humidity
33%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
60°
11p
56°
12a
54°
1a
53°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
47°
6a
48°
7a
57°
8a
64°
9a
69°
10a
75°
11a
78°
12p
81°
1p
82°
2p
83°
3p
83°
4p
82°
5p
80°
6p
80°
7p
77°
8p
71°
9p
65°
10p
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—81°46°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain43%73°51°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain67%51°41°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle61%57°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle—69°37°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast10%67°47°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle18%76°48°
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
061° · veering 61°
Direction
ENE
061°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 12
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 6.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 87.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:37 AM
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
8:54 PM
Civil dusk
2:29 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:11 AM
- Moonset
- 2:31 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Grass Ranch Colony, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Grass Ranch Colony at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 66°F — typical for the season
- 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).