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Horse Creek, South Dakota Weather

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Horse Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Horse Creek, SD
Thursday, June 4 at 12:08 AM
80
°
Thunderstorm
Feels like
81°
Humidity
68%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
9:18 PM
Horse Creek, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHorse Creek, SD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 87°
Horse Creek, SD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Thunderstorm
    68%
    0.69″
    84°61°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Light Rain
    23%
    0.07″
    87°62°+3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    50%
    85°60°-2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    95°64°+10°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    27%
    95°71°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    27%
    83°69°-12°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    25%
    100°65°+17°
Horse Creek, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
339° · backing 153°
Direction
NNW
339°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
30
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 30 @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1916SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the nnw-bound air across the harbor.
Horse Creek, SD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
943.1
+1.4 mb in 3h · rising · 27.85 inHg
Now
943.1
mb
3h
+1.4
mb
12h
-3.5
mb
24h
-5.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 941948
935940945950955-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW948.1941.1942.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Horse Creek, SD
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 37 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 0.6 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
78μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 0.6 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
0.6 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 6
Horse Creek, SD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
49.3mi
UNLIMITED
68 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
00:08 UTC ·Horse Creek, 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
00:08 UTC ·Horse Creek, SD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Horse Creek, SD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Horse Creek, SD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Horse Creek, SD
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:30 AM
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Daylight
15h 15m
Sunset
9:18 PM
Civil dusk
2:54 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Horse Creek, SD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
5:25 AM
Moonset
2:35 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Horse Creek, SD
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Horse Creek 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 — Horse Creek

SPC has placed Horse Creek in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Horse Creek

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.