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White Rock, South Dakota Weather

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

White Rock weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

White Rock, SD
Thursday, June 4 at 10:12 PM
83
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
84°
Humidity
42%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
9:11 PM
White Rock, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWhite Rock, SD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit with a 33% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 64°H 75°
White Rock, SD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Rain
    37%
    0.19″
    83°63°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Drizzle
    33%
    0.04″
    75°64°-8°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    82°60°+7°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Thunderstorm
    19%
    89°65°+7°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    47%
    82°70°-7°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    15%
    87°65°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    26%
    95°70°+8°
White Rock, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
256° · veering 143°
Direction
WSW
256°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 7 · pk 28 @ 12:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 278SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 143° from the wsw.
White Rock, SD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
975.4
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 28.80 inHg
Now
975.4
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
-4.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 974979
965970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW978.5973.8974.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
White Rock, SD
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
+8 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 48 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI up 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
101μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 48 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 48
UV peak
2.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 48

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.59 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.59
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
White Rock, SD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
73%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
94.0mi
UNLIMITED
100 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
22:12 UTC ·White Rock, 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
22:12 UTC ·White Rock, SD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
White Rock, SD
Satellite · infrared · animated
White Rock, SD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
White Rock, SD
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:01 AM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
15h 34m
Sunset
9:11 PM
Civil dusk
2:50 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
White Rock, SD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
5:17 AM
Moonset
2:09 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
White Rock, SD
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

White Rock at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 22 (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 — White Rock

SPC has placed White Rock in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 White Rock

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.