Weather in Big Stone City, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Big Stone City, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 3:45 AM
56
°
Clear
Feels like
50°
Humidity
43%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
8:50 PM
Big Stone City, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
69°
10p
66°
11p
65°
12a
61°
1a
57°
2a
54°
3a
53°
4a
52°
5a
51°
6a
53°
7a
63°
8a
70°
9a
74°
10a
77°
11a
79°
12p
81°
1p
82°
2p
83°
3p
83°
4p
82°
5p
81°
6p
79°
7p
77°
8p
71°
9p
Big Stone City, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—75°47°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain60%71°47°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain79%59°44°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle79%47°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—64°37°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast19%70°45°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle21%66°54°
Big Stone City, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Big Stone City, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNE
025° · veering 101°
Direction
NNE
025°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 8
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
Big Stone City, SD
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Big Stone City, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:21 AM
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
8:50 PM
Civil dusk
2:25 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Big Stone City, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:53 AM
- Moonset
- 2:28 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Big Stone City, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Big Stone City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 18 (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).