Weather in Kennebec, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Kennebec, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:41 AM
65
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
33%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:12 AM
Sunset
8:59 PM
Kennebec, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
72°
9p
66°
10p
61°
11p
56°
12a
53°
1a
52°
2a
50°
3a
49°
4a
48°
5a
45°
6a
45°
7a
53°
8a
62°
9a
68°
10a
71°
11a
74°
12p
77°
1p
78°
2p
79°
3p
80°
4p
80°
5p
79°
6p
79°
7p
76°
8p
Kennebec, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—78°42°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain49%67°49°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain69%49°40°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast65%59°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle—70°38°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle22%69°50°
- FridayMay 22Partly Cloudy28%76°48°
Kennebec, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Kennebec, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
075° · veering 103°
Direction
ENE
075°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
32
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
Kennebec, SD
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 6.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 95.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Kennebec, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:40 AM
Sunrise
6:12 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
8:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kennebec, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:14 AM
- Moonset
- 2:36 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Kennebec, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Kennebec at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 9 (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).