Weather in Pleasant Valley Colony, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:51 AM
69
°
Clear
Feels like
60°
Humidity
24%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Sunset
8:46 PM
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
76°
8p
71°
9p
68°
10p
64°
11p
60°
12a
57°
1a
54°
2a
53°
3a
50°
4a
48°
5a
47°
6a
48°
7a
59°
8a
70°
9a
78°
10a
79°
11a
81°
12p
83°
1p
84°
2p
85°
3p
86°
4p
85°
5p
84°
6p
80°
7p
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—79°45°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain43%69°55°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle72%58°45°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle72%49°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—64°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast11%65°45°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle24%64°53°
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
062° · veering 46°
Direction
ENE
062°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
37
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
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Air quality
55
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 6.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 101.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:26 AM
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:46 PM
Civil dusk
2:20 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:58 AM
- Moonset
- 2:22 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Pleasant Valley Colony, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Pleasant Valley Colony at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 69°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 10 (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).