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Bijou Hills, South Dakota Weather

Prairie lightning bugs rise. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bijou Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bijou Hills, SD
Thursday, June 4 at 12:07 AM
80
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
66%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
9:12 PM
Bijou Hills, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBijou Hills, SD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 12 PM.
L 61°H 83°
Bijou Hills, SD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Thunderstorm
    58%
    0.09″
    81°61°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Drizzle
    25%
    0.05″
    83°61°+2°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    46%
    0.03″
    81°61°-2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    90°61°+9°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    19%
    90°63°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    87°63°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    90°64°+3°
Bijou Hills, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
154° · backing 39°
Direction
SSE
154°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
26
mph
Peak 24h
36
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
avg 12 · pk 36 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2913SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 15 mph with gusts pulsing to 26 — flags snap, branches bend.
Bijou Hills, SD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
948.8
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 28.02 inHg
Now
948.8
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
-5.0
mb
24h
-7.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 947958
940945950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW957.7947.1949.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Bijou Hills, SD
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
0 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 40 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 0.6 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
4.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
85μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40 now. With UV 0.6 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
0.6 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 10

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Bijou Hills, SD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
43%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.4mi
UNLIMITED
60 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
00:07 UTC ·Bijou Hills, SD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:07 UTC ·Bijou Hills, SD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Bijou Hills, SD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bijou Hills, SD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bijou Hills, SD
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:23 AM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
15h 15m
Sunset
9:12 PM
Civil dusk
2:48 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Bijou Hills, SD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
5:19 AM
Moonset
2:28 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Bijou Hills, SD
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bijou Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Bijou Hills

SPC has placed Bijou Hills in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Bijou Hills

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.