Watertown, SD Weather

Codington County11:28 AM CDT44.90°N, 97.12°WElevation 1,732 ft

Current conditions

Cloudy
48°
Cloudy
Feels like 42°
High 60°·Low 39°
WindNW 17 mph
Humidity87%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.19 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover86%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:56 AM
Sunset6:30 PM

Observed at Watertown, Watertown Municipal Airport · 58 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    A chance of rain before 2pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 54 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. North wind 3 to 8 mph.

  • Sunday

    Rain likely after 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Light Rain 49°27%
  2. 12 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 49°15%
  3. 1 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 48°17%
  4. 2 PM Mostly Cloudy 50°14%
  5. 3 PM Mostly Cloudy 55°14%
  6. 4 PM Partly Sunny 55°
  7. 5 PM Partly Sunny 54°
  8. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 52°
  9. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 50°
  10. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 48°
  11. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 47°
  12. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 46°
  13. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 45°
  14. Sun12 AM Mostly Cloudy 45°
  15. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 44°
  16. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  17. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  18. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 42°
  19. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 41°
  20. 6 AM Cloudy 41°
  21. 7 AM Cloudy 41°
  22. 8 AM Cloudy 40°10%
  23. 9 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 41°19%
  24. 10 AM Chance Light Rain 44°26%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 24 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain41%39°60°
  2. SunOct 25 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely80%35°48°
  3. MonOct 26 Light Rain Light Rain90%35°44°
  4. TueOct 27 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely70%41°52°
  5. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain49%37°57°
  6. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny10%40°57°
  7. FriOct 30 Slight Chance Light Rain Slight Chance Light Rain32%41°57°
  8. SatOct 31 Rain Rain0.19 in56°64°
  9. SunNov 1 Heavy rain Heavy rain0.38 in56°61°
  10. MonNov 2 Rain Rain0.28 in54°60°

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

25
Good
Ozone

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

Watertown, 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 7:56 AM
Sunset 6:30 PM
Daylight 10 h 33 min (−2 min 55 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 97% lit
Moonrise 5:24 PM Moonset 6:11 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low52° / 32°
Record high80° (1989)
Record low9° (1917)
Wettest0.54 in (1975)
Month to date0.24 in (normal 1.56 in)

Watertown Regional Ap, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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