Weather in Lemmon, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lemmon, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 3:46 AM
52
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
41°
Humidity
46%
Wind
18 mph
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
Lemmon, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
9p
54°
10p
50°
11p
49°
12a
48°
1a
46°
2a
46°
3a
45°
4a
45°
5a
46°
6a
51°
7a
57°
8a
62°
9a
64°
10a
67°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
71°
2p
71°
3p
71°
4p
71°
5p
69°
6p
66°
7p
60°
8p
Lemmon, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—68°42°
- SundayMay 17Light Snow68%56°43°
- MondayMay 18Rain51%46°40°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast42%60°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Rain17%72°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Heavy Drizzle17%65°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast19%73°47°
Lemmon, SD
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lemmon, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
087° · veering 147°
Direction
E
087°
Sustained
18
mph
Gust
34
mph
Peak 24h
37
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
Lemmon, SD
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Lemmon, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:41 AM
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
8:15 PM
Civil dusk
2:51 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lemmon, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:13 AM
- Moonset
- 2:56 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Lemmon, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Lemmon at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 22 (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).