Weather in Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Wounded Knee, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:33 AM
68
°
Overcast
Feels like
58°
Humidity
40%
Wind
18 mph
Sunrise
5:24 AM
Sunset
8:07 PM
Wounded Knee, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
8p
66°
9p
60°
10p
56°
11p
53°
12a
52°
1a
49°
2a
48°
3a
47°
4a
45°
5a
44°
6a
49°
7a
57°
8a
63°
9a
67°
10a
70°
11a
73°
12p
74°
1p
76°
2p
78°
3p
78°
4p
79°
5p
78°
6p
75°
7p
Wounded Knee, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast38%81°47°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Drizzle40%62°48°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain97%47°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast61%61°33°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle14%74°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle29%69°51°
- FridayMay 22Overcast19%74°48°
Wounded Knee, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Wounded Knee, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SE
130° · veering 94°
Direction
SE
130°
Sustained
18
mph
Gust
29
mph
Peak 24h
35
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
Wounded Knee, SD
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 1.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 102.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Wounded Knee, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:53 AM
Sunrise
5:24 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
8:07 PM
Civil dusk
2:41 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Wounded Knee, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:28 AM
- Moonset
- 2:44 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Wounded Knee, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Wounded Knee at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 68°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 5 (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).