Weather in Westport, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Westport, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 1:31 AM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
52°
Humidity
29%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:01 AM
Sunset
8:59 PM
Westport, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
8p
69°
9p
65°
10p
60°
11p
57°
12a
54°
1a
52°
2a
51°
3a
50°
4a
48°
5a
46°
6a
47°
7a
55°
8a
62°
9a
67°
10a
71°
11a
74°
12p
76°
1p
76°
2p
78°
3p
78°
4p
79°
5p
78°
6p
77°
7p
Westport, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—71°44°
- SundayMay 17Rain50%64°47°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain82%49°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast82%50°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle—67°35°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle18%63°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast24%73°48°
Westport, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Westport, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
047° · veering 81°
Direction
NE
047°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 11
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
Westport, SD
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 88.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Westport, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:28 AM
Sunrise
6:01 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:35 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Westport, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:59 AM
- Moonset
- 2:38 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Westport, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Westport at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 20 (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).