Weather in Yankton, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Yankton, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:47 AM
72
°
Overcast
Feels like
62°
Humidity
25%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
8:46 PM
Yankton, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
81°
8p
75°
9p
70°
10p
67°
11p
63°
12a
60°
1a
59°
2a
57°
3a
56°
4a
53°
5a
52°
6a
52°
7a
60°
8a
67°
9a
72°
10a
80°
11a
83°
12p
86°
1p
88°
2p
89°
3p
90°
4p
90°
5p
89°
6p
88°
7p
Yankton, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—82°52°
- SundayMay 17Showers39%72°59°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain76%57°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle76%58°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—68°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle—66°46°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle19%68°55°
Yankton, SD
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Yankton, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
088° · veering 173°
Direction
E
088°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 8
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
Yankton, SD
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 96.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Yankton, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:34 AM
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Daylight
14h 41m
Sunset
8:46 PM
Civil dusk
2:20 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Yankton, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:08 AM
- Moonset
- 2:21 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Yankton, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Yankton at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 3 (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).