Fort Thompson, SD Weather

Buffalo County1:22 PM CDT44.07°N, 99.44°WElevation 1,440 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
57°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 57°
High 60°·Low 39°
WindNW 18 mph gusts 26 mph
Humidity57%
Dew point42°
Cloud cover44%
Sunrise8:04 AM
Sunset6:41 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    A slight chance of rain before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Saturday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. North wind 5 to 9 mph.

  • Sunday

    A chance of rain after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 57°14%
  2. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 57°14%
  3. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 57°14%
  4. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 57°14%
  5. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 56°14%
  6. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 55°14%
  7. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 54°
  8. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 52°
  9. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 50°
  10. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 48°
  11. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 47°
  12. Sun12 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  13. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 45°
  14. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 44°
  15. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  16. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 42°
  17. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 41°
  18. 6 AM Partly Sunny 41°
  19. 7 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 41°15%
  20. 8 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 42°15%
  21. 9 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 43°15%
  22. 10 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 45°15%
  23. 11 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 47°15%
  24. 12 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 49°15%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°70°
  2. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny15%59°80°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny21%53°81°
  4. TodayOct 24 Slight Chance Light Rain Slight Chance Light Rain21%39°60°
  5. SunOct 25 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain40%36°54°
  6. MonOct 26 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain37%33°51°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Light Rain Slight Chance Light Rain20%36°53°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny41°55°
  9. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny36°52°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny32°55°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

4
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Pierre, SD reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 8:04 AM
Sunset 6:41 PM
Daylight 10 h 36 min (−2 min 49 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 97% lit
Moonrise 5:34 PM Moonset 6:19 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 32°
Month to date2.85 in (normal 1.34 in)

Lake Sharpe Project, records since 1965. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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