Firesteel, SD Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions

36°F
Feels Like 27°F  
Humidity 77% Dew Point 29°F Wind WNW 13 MPH Gusts 17 Barometer N/A
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 17 miles NE of central Firesteel
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Point Forecast at a Glance

WedNov 12
Wed Nov 12: Mostly Sunny, High 52F, Low 33F
52
33
ThuNov 13
Thu Nov 13: Mostly Sunny, High 61F, Low 38F
61
38
FriNov 14
Fri Nov 14: Mostly Sunny, High 66F, Low 38F
66
38
SatNov 15
Sat Nov 15: Mostly Sunny, High 53F, Low 28F
53
28
SunNov 16
Sun Nov 16: Sunny, High 48F, Low 30F
48
30
MonNov 17
Mon Nov 17: Mostly Sunny, High 47F, Low 29F
47
29
TueNov 18
Tue Nov 18: Partly Sunny, High 43F
43
 

7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures start near 52°F, reaching 66°F before cooling to 43°F, then recovering to 43°F by week's end. Dry weather expected throughout the week.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 10°F above the historical average for November. Normal highs for this period are around 43°F with lows around 21°F.

This Date in Weather History

1911 - The central U.S. experienced perhaps its most dramatic cold wave of record. During the early morning temperatures across the Central Plains ranged from 68 degrees at Kansas City to 4 above North Platte NE. In Kansas City, the temperature warmed to a record 76 degrees by late morning before the arctic front moved in from the northwest. Skies become overcast, winds shifted to the northwest, and the mercury began to plummet. By early afternoon it was cold enough to snow, and by midnight the temperature had dipped to a record cold reading of 11 degrees above zero. Oklahoma City also established a record high of 83 degrees and record low of 17 degrees that same day. In southeastern Kansas, the temperature at Independence plunged from 83 degrees to 33 degrees in just one hour. The arctic cold front produced severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the Mississippi Valley, a blizzard in the Ohio Va

More on this and other weather history

Firesteel, SD 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Wednesday Nov 12

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny. High near 52, with temperatures falling to around 45 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 8 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind around 8 mph.

Thursday Nov 13

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South wind around 13 mph.

Friday Nov 14

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. South southwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Nov 15

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 12 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Nov 16

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 48.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Monday Nov 17

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Tuesday Nov 18

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.


About Firesteel, SD

Firesteel (Lakota: Čhaȟlíok'e Otȟúŋwahe) is an unincorporated community on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. It was known for being a prominent coal mining community in the early 1900s. It is not tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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