Cold in South Dakota, December 30 to 31, 2017

Name: Cold in South Dakota, December 30 to 31, 2017
Start: 2017-12-30T18:00
End: 2017-12-31T23:59
Location: South Dakota

December 30 to 31, 2017 · NWS UNR · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

An Arctic airmass settled over the area, with high temperatures remaining below zero in most areas and low temperatures dropping to 15 below to 35 below zero, with the lowest values over northwestern South Dakota. Wind chills as low as 45 below zero developed over northwestern South Dakota.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 30, 5:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 5:33 PM CST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:48 AM CST, 11 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 30, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 30, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 30, 4:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 30, 5:47 PM CST, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 30, 5:48 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

24 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Mellette

When: December 30, 6:00 PM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mellette forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Tripp

When: December 30, 6:00 PM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Tripp forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Todd

When: December 30, 6:00 PM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Butte

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Butte forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Haakon

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Haakon forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Harding

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Harding forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Meade Co Plains

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Perkins

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Perkins forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Ziebach

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Ziebach forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Pennington Co Plains

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Meade Co Plains

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Central Black Hills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Central Black Hills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.841, -103.137 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Custer Co Plains

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Custer Co Plains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Bennett

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Bennett forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.195, -101.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Fall River

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Fall River forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Hermosa Foothills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Hermosa Foothills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Black Hills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Northern Black Hills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.310, -103.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Rapid City

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Rapid City forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Oglala Lakota

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Black Hills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Southern Black Hills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Foot Hills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Southern Foot Hills forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Foot Hills

When: December 30, 6:00 PM MST to December 31, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Northern Foot Hills forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2017 Every state in 2017 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, December 2017

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 731251, 731263, 731265, 731246, 731247, 731248, 731249, 731250, 731252, 731253, 731254, 731255, 731257, 731258, 731259, 731260, 731261, 731262, 731266, 731267, 731268, 731271, 731272, 731274.