Mound City, South Dakota Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mound City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Partly Cloudy——89°60°—
- SundayJul 5Clear——94°60°+5°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle46%—99°67°+5°
- TuesdayJul 7Thunderstorm78%0.01″82°64°-17°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast78%—82°61°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle18%—76°61°-6°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy21%—73°59°-3°
AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.81 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 7.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 46 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 47
- UV peak
- 7.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 46
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.81 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.81
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:45 PM
- Moonset
- 10:41 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Mound City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 19°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 57646
16-Day Forecast — Mound City
- Sat89°60°4%
- Sun94°60°0%
- Mon99°67°46%
- Tue82°64°78%
- Wed82°61°78%
- Thu76°61°18%
- Fri73°59°21%
- Sat82°56°16%
- Sun88°59°6%
- Mon92°63°7%
- Tue100°68°11%
- Wed104°70°11%
- Thu93°70°19%
- Fri80°65°23%
- Sat85°59°19%
- Sun90°58°23%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Mound City
SPC has placed Mound City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk
Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Mound City
- 57646