Weather in Westwood Colony, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Westwood Colony, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 4:11 AM
52
°
Clear
Feels like
43°
Humidity
51%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
8:57 PM
Westwood Colony, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
11p
59°
12a
55°
1a
53°
2a
50°
3a
50°
4a
49°
5a
46°
6a
48°
7a
55°
8a
64°
9a
70°
10a
73°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
78°
2p
78°
3p
78°
4p
79°
5p
78°
6p
77°
7p
74°
8p
68°
9p
63°
10p
Westwood Colony, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—68°47°
- SundayMay 17Rain53%67°46°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain82%51°41°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle82%48°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast10%66°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle30%64°50°
- FridayMay 22Overcast26%72°50°
Westwood Colony, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Westwood Colony, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
057° · backing 175°
Direction
ENE
057°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 12
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Westwood Colony, SD
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 61.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Westwood Colony, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:24 AM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
8:57 PM
Civil dusk
2:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Westwood Colony, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:55 AM
- Moonset
- 2:36 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Westwood Colony, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Westwood Colony at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°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).