Weather in Ideal, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Ideal, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:47 AM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
32%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
6:13 AM
Sunset
8:58 PM
Ideal, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
77°
8p
72°
9p
65°
10p
60°
11p
56°
12a
55°
1a
53°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
48°
6a
48°
7a
54°
8a
61°
9a
67°
10a
72°
11a
76°
12p
78°
1p
78°
2p
80°
3p
81°
4p
81°
5p
79°
6p
79°
7p
Ideal, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—80°45°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain38%69°49°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle75%49°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast65%61°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—70°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle22%67°49°
- FridayMay 22Partly Cloudy28%77°48°
Ideal, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Ideal, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
090° · veering 133°
Direction
E
090°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
23
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
Ideal, SD
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 4.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 5.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 104.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Ideal, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:42 AM
Sunrise
6:13 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
8:58 PM
Civil dusk
2:32 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ideal, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:15 AM
- Moonset
- 2:35 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Ideal, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Ideal at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 70°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 7 (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).