Forecast by NWS Sioux Falls, SD · grid 124,100

44.3140, -95.9570

The day

NWS forecast grid, daily figures derived from the hourly
High
70°
Low
59°
Chance
12%
Amount
0
Wind
15 mph
gusts 23 mph
Sky cover
78%
Thunder
7%
  1. This Afternoon

    A chance of rain showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

  2. Tonight

    A chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table17 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Mon 7 AMSlight chance of very light drizzle and patchy heavy fog59°59°59°100%12%SE5 mph5 mph94%2%—1.1 mi400 ft
Mon 8 AMSlight chance of very light drizzle and patchy heavy fog60°60°59°96%2%SE6 mph6 mph93%2%—1.8 mi500 ft
Mon 9 AMSlight chance of very light drizzle and patchy heavy fog61°61°61°100%0%SSE8 mph8 mph93%2%—4 mi600 ft
Mon 10 AMPatchy fog62°62°62°100%7%SSE7 mph7 mph91%4%—8 mi700 ft
Mon 11 AM64°64°63°97%5%SSE7 mph7 mph87%4%—9 mi900 ft
Mon 12 PM65°65°64°97%3%SSE8 mph8 mph80%3%—10 mi1,300 ft
Mon 1 PM67°67°64°90%5%SSE10 mph13 mph65%5%—10 mi1,800 ft
Mon 2 PM68°68°63°84%6%SSE12 mph15 mph69%6%—10 mi2,200 ft
Mon 3 PMChance of very light rain showers68°68°63°84%10%S13 mph17 mph80%7%—10 mi2,300 ft
Mon 4 PMChance of very light rain showers69°69°62°78%10%S14 mph20 mph76%7%—10 mi2,500 ft
Mon 5 PMChance of very light rain showers69°69°61°76%11%S13 mph20 mph68%7%—10 mi4,100 ft
Mon 6 PMChance of very light rain showers69°69°61°76%11%S13 mph20 mph55%7%—10 mi
Mon 7 PMChance of very light rain showers67°67°61°81%1%S12 mph20 mph74%1%—10 mi5,600 ft
Mon 8 PM65°65°62°90%1%S13 mph21 mph67%1%—10 mi6,500 ft
Mon 9 PM63°63°62°97%1%S13 mph22 mph85%1%—10 mi6,100 ft
Mon 10 PM63°63°61°93%1%S14 mph22 mph82%1%—10 mi4,600 ft
Mon 11 PM62°62°61°97%1%S15 mph23 mph74%1%—10 mi4,500 ft

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Marshall/Ryan (MML) · 12 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Mon Sep 2870° / 59°69° / 44°88° (1983)22° (1942)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Mon6:49 AM7:18 AM7:10 PM7:39 PM11 h 52 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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