Weather in Sunset Colony, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sunset Colony, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:45 AM
59
°
Clear
Feels like
50°
Humidity
31%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Sunset
8:57 PM
Sunset Colony, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
77°
8p
70°
9p
65°
10p
62°
11p
59°
12a
55°
1a
52°
2a
50°
3a
51°
4a
49°
5a
46°
6a
47°
7a
56°
8a
65°
9a
69°
10a
73°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
77°
2p
78°
3p
78°
4p
79°
5p
79°
6p
77°
7p
Sunset Colony, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Mostly Clear—69°46°
- SundayMay 17Rain52%64°47°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain72%49°40°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle72%48°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—66°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle19%64°50°
- FridayMay 22Overcast20%72°50°
Sunset Colony, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Sunset Colony, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
047° · veering 123°
Direction
NE
047°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
31
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
Sunset Colony, SD
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Sunset Colony, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:25 AM
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:57 PM
Civil dusk
2:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sunset Colony, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:56 AM
- Moonset
- 2:36 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Sunset Colony, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Sunset Colony at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 21 (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).