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Hand County, South Dakota, United States

Last updated: 8:56 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 29°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 39°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
15 mph SSW
Humidity
57%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.14 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.2
Cloud Cover
52%
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
9:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Hand County is currently partly cloudy at 28°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3140 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:16AM · Sunset: 9:08PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
22%
9 AM
28°
23%
10 AM
29°
16%
11 AM
31°
14%
12 PM
33°
7%
1 PM
35°
3%
2 PM
36°
3%
3 PM
37°
3%
4 PM
36°
13%
5 PM
36°
13%
6 PM
36°
13%
7 PM
34°
13%
8 PM
32°
13%
9 PM
29°
14%
10 PM
28°
3%
11 PM
27°
3%
12 AM
26°
3%
1 AM
26°
3%
2 AM
26°
3%
3 AM
25°
3%
4 AM
25°
3%
5 AM
24°
3%
6 AM
24°
3%
7 AM
26°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
39° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 22% chance of rain.
Mon
38° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
38° 20°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
37° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 17°
Rain, 82% chance.
Fri
34° 15°
Rain, 43% chance.
Sat
33° 17°
Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Partly Cloudy 22% 15 mph SSW 57%
9 AM 28° Clear 23% 11 mph S 53%
10 AM 29° Clear 16% 10 mph SSW 50%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 14% 9 mph SSW 47%
12 PM 33° Clear 7% 7 mph SSW 43%
1 PM 35° Clear 3% 4 mph SSW 40%
2 PM 36° Clear 3% 4 mph S 38%
3 PM 37° Clear 3% 5 mph NE 36%
4 PM 36° Clear 13% 6 mph NE 37%
5 PM 36° Clear 13% 7 mph NNE 37%
6 PM 36° Clear 13% 7 mph NNE 38%
7 PM 34° Clear 13% 5 mph NNE 40%
8 PM 32° Clear 13% 6 mph NNE 43%
9 PM 29° Clear 14% 6 mph NNE 45%
10 PM 28° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 50%
11 PM 27° Clear 3% 4 mph SW 55%
12 AM 26° Clear 3% 5 mph WSW 60%
1 AM 26° Clear 3% 4 mph W 61%
2 AM 26° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 60%
3 AM 25° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 60%
4 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NW 58%
5 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 57%
6 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph N 56%
7 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph N 54%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Mostly Clear
22%
24°
39°
Mon
7/27
Partly Cloudy
10%
24°
38°
Tue
7/28
Mostly Clear
16%
20°
38°
Wed
7/29
Partly Cloudy
52%
23°
37°
Thu
7/30
Rain
82%
17°
32°
Fri
7/31
Rain
43%
15°
34°
Sat
8/1
Clear
28%
17°
33°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
43%
21°
38°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
44%
21°
38°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
36%
17°
31°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Thu
8/6
Clear
60%
17°
30°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
42
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 42 Good 42 41
Tue 49 Good 48 49
Wed 46 Good 46 46
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Jul 26, 11:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE615 J/kg
MLCAPE581 J/kg
MUCAPE1087 J/kg
SBCIN-800 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH111
0–3 km SRH82
Eff. SRH-58
Storm Motion239° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.62 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.8 °C/km
Total Totals50.8
LCL831 hPa
LFC612 hPa
EL242 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,633 ft