Lantry, South Dakota Weather
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Lantry weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 5Overcast——83°55°—
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——89°64°+6°
- SundayJun 7Overcast29%—96°68°+7°
- MondayJun 8Overcast29%—79°54°-17°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast24%—96°67°+17°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast24%—80°61°-16°
- ThursdayJun 11Light Drizzle24%0.02″74°54°-6°
AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 7 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 31
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 10
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.4 µg/m³ (AQI 30) with a 0.77 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.77
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 6:01 AM
- Moonset
- 3:42 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Prairie lightning bugs rise
Lantry at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 16 (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 5, 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 — Lantry
SPC has placed Lantry in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
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.