Trail City, SD Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions

Windy with Snow Likely 24°F
Feels Like 9°F  
Humidity 88% Dew Point 21°F Wind NNW 22 MPH Gusts 33 Barometer 30.09 in.
Visibility 3 mi.
Report from a NOAA weather station 16.8 mi. NE of central Trail City
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Point Forecast at a Glance

ThuDec 11
Thu Dec 11: Snow, Low 3F
20%
 
3
FriDec 12
Fri Dec 12: Snow, High 8F, Low -1F
20%
8
-1
SatDec 13
Sat Dec 13: Snow, High 4F, Low -10F
20%
4
-10
SunDec 14
Sun Dec 14: Mostly Sunny, High 24F, Low 14F
24
14
MonDec 15
Mon Dec 15: Mostly Sunny, High 37F, Low 26F
37
26
TueDec 16
Tue Dec 16: Mostly Sunny, High 45F, Low 27F
45
27
WedDec 17
Wed Dec 17: Partly Sunny, High 40F, Low 15F
40
15

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7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures dip from 8°F to a low of 4°F mid-week, then warm to 45°F. Some snow possible with at least 3 days showing precipitation chances of 20% or higher.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 4°F below the historical average for December. Normal highs for this period are around 30°F with lows around 10°F.

This Date in Weather History

1932 - Very cold weather prevailed along the West Coast. San Francisco received 0.8 inch of snow, and at the airport the temperature dipped to 20 degrees. At Sacramento CA, the mercury dipped to 17 degrees to establish an all-time record low for that location. Morning lows were below freezing from the 9th to the 15th at Sacramento, and the high on the 11th was just 34 degrees. The cold wave dealt severe damage to truck crops and orange groves in the Sacramento Valley.

More on this and other weather history

Trail City, SD 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Thursday Dec 11

Snow

Night: A slight chance of snow before 2am. Patchy blowing snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Dec 12

Snow

Day: A slight chance of snow between 11am and 3pm. Cloudy and cold, with a high near 8. North northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Snow

Night: Snow, mainly after 8pm. Low around -1. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Saturday Dec 13

Snow

Day: A slight chance of snow before 11am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing and cold, with a high near 4. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Sunday Dec 14

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. South southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Monday Dec 15

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. West northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Dec 16

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Wednesday Dec 17

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Thursday Dec 18

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.


About Trail City, SD

Trail City is an unincorporated community straddling Dewey County, South Dakota and Corson County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Trail City has been assigned the ZIP code of 57657. The community was originally named Cheyenne Junction upon establishment in 1911, a reference to its location at the junction of two branches of the railroad. Due to confusion in the mails with two other South Dakota post offices (Cheyenne Agency and Cheyenne Falls), alternate town names were considered. Among the candidate town names were Rodero, Prairie, and Trail City; the latter chosen in 1912 because of the many indigenous trails that crossed in the vicinity. The community was named for a cattle drive trail near the original town site according to some secondary sources.

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