Weather in Spink Colony, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Spink Colony, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 4:10 AM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
52°
Humidity
32%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
Spink Colony, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
62°
11p
58°
12a
54°
1a
52°
2a
50°
3a
49°
4a
48°
5a
46°
6a
47°
7a
53°
8a
59°
9a
65°
10a
71°
11a
76°
12p
79°
1p
82°
2p
82°
3p
83°
4p
83°
5p
82°
6p
81°
7p
77°
8p
70°
9p
64°
10p
Spink Colony, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—77°41°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain53%70°53°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain71%51°41°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle71%53°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle—68°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast16%67°49°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle23%72°50°
Spink Colony, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Spink Colony, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
069° · backing 122°
Direction
ENE
069°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
38
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
Spink Colony, SD
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Spink Colony, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:31 AM
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
8:55 PM
Civil dusk
2:30 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Spink Colony, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:03 AM
- Moonset
- 2:33 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Spink Colony, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Spink Colony at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 14 (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).