Weather in Hill City, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Hill City, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:33 AM
64
°
Overcast
Feels like
54°
Humidity
30%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:14 PM
Hill City, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
66°
8p
60°
9p
55°
10p
51°
11p
48°
12a
48°
1a
48°
2a
46°
3a
45°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
51°
7a
57°
8a
62°
9a
67°
10a
70°
11a
72°
12p
72°
1p
72°
2p
72°
3p
72°
4p
72°
5p
71°
6p
66°
7p
Hill City, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle37%71°41°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain58%55°43°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Snow93%41°24°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast51%54°23°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast31%64°37°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle49%59°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast29%69°41°
Hill City, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Hill City, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ESE
113° · veering 163°
Direction
ESE
113°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
29
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 8
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
Hill City, SD
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 1.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 106.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Hill City, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:55 AM
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:14 PM
Civil dusk
2:48 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Hill City, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:29 AM
- Moonset
- 2:52 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Hill City, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Hill City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 10 (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).