Weather in Kimball, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Kimball, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:42 AM
68
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
59°
Humidity
29%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
Kimball, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
72°
9p
64°
10p
59°
11p
56°
12a
55°
1a
55°
2a
55°
3a
52°
4a
51°
5a
49°
6a
49°
7a
57°
8a
63°
9a
69°
10a
75°
11a
77°
12p
80°
1p
81°
2p
82°
3p
82°
4p
82°
5p
80°
6p
79°
7p
77°
8p
Kimball, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—80°46°
- SundayMay 17Rain45%71°50°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain65%49°41°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle65%56°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Heavy Drizzle—68°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast15%66°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast24%76°48°
Kimball, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Kimball, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
075° · veering 83°
Direction
ENE
075°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
39
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
Kimball, SD
Air quality
59
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 4.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 6.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Kimball, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:37 AM
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
8:55 PM
Civil dusk
2:29 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kimball, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:10 AM
- Moonset
- 2:31 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Kimball, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Kimball at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 68°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 8 (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).