Weather in Oral, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Oral, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 4:10 AM
62
°
Overcast
Feels like
58°
Humidity
71%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
Oral, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
61°
10p
58°
11p
55°
12a
53°
1a
51°
2a
50°
3a
47°
4a
44°
5a
43°
6a
51°
7a
59°
8a
64°
9a
68°
10a
71°
11a
74°
12p
76°
1p
80°
2p
80°
3p
80°
4p
80°
5p
79°
6p
75°
7p
71°
8p
65°
9p
Oral, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Rain44%79°48°
- SundayMay 17Rain42%60°47°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle90%46°38°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast42%64°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast20%75°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast33%69°53°
- FridayMay 22Overcast19%77°51°
Oral, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Oral, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
095° · veering 5°
Direction
E
095°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
31
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
Oral, SD
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Oral, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:55 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
8:11 PM
Civil dusk
2:45 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Oral, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:30 AM
- Moonset
- 2:49 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Oral, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Oral at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 6 (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).