Weather in Piedmont, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Piedmont, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:33 AM
66
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
59°
Humidity
32%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:14 PM
Piedmont, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
69°
8p
62°
9p
58°
10p
55°
11p
54°
12a
53°
1a
54°
2a
52°
3a
52°
4a
50°
5a
51°
6a
57°
7a
61°
8a
63°
9a
67°
10a
70°
11a
72°
12p
77°
1p
78°
2p
78°
3p
77°
4p
75°
5p
74°
6p
70°
7p
Piedmont, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast26%76°47°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Drizzle49%60°48°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow93%46°34°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast72%61°29°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast29%72°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast36%63°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast28%70°47°
Piedmont, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Piedmont, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
061° · veering 126°
Direction
ENE
061°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
Piedmont, SD
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 3.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 3.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 106.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Piedmont, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:53 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
8:14 PM
Civil dusk
2:49 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Piedmont, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:27 AM
- Moonset
- 2:53 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Piedmont, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Piedmont at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 66°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 11 (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).