Weather in Lead, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lead, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 3:55 AM
56
°
Overcast
Feels like
49°
Humidity
47%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
Lead, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
56°
9p
52°
10p
49°
11p
48°
12a
49°
1a
49°
2a
47°
3a
45°
4a
42°
5a
42°
6a
48°
7a
52°
8a
55°
9a
58°
10a
61°
11a
64°
12p
66°
1p
67°
2p
67°
3p
68°
4p
67°
5p
65°
6p
62°
7p
59°
8p
Lead, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle31%68°40°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain37%52°38°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs95%36°27°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast81%53°23°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast19%64°38°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle48%51°39°
- FridayMay 22Overcast28%63°42°
Lead, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lead, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
166° · backing 74°
Direction
SSE
166°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 11
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
Lead, SD
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 98.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Lead, 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 50m
Sunset
8:16 PM
Civil dusk
2:51 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lead, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:28 AM
- Moonset
- 2:55 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Lead, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Lead at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 12 (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).