Today's Weather - Belle Plaine, SD
9 AM PST
Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
66°F
| 7 DAY FORECAST | DESCRIPTION | HIGH/LOW | WIND |
|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 71° / 48° | SSE 28 mph |
| Friday | Showers And Thunderstorms | 60° / 46° | ESE 17 to 22 mph |
| Saturday | Chance Rain Showers | 54° / 39° | N 16 to 20 mph |
| Sunday | Rain Showers | 47° / 35° | NNE 16 to 23 mph |
| Monday | Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny | 58° / 40° | WNW 13 mph |
| Tuesday | Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers | 72° / 44° | SW 10 to 15 mph |
| Wednesday | Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny | 72° / 48° | ESE 9 to 16 mph |
Average Monthly High and Low (°F)
| High | Low |
| January | 24° | 2° |
| February | 29° | 8° |
| March | 41° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 32° |
| May | 69° | 44° |
| June | 78° | 55° |
| July | 84° | 60° |
| August | 83° | 57° |
| September | 74° | 47° |
| October | 59° | 34° |
| November | 42° | 20° |
| December | 27° | 7° |
Hot, Freezing, Rainy, Snowy Days: Belle Plaine
| Hot
Days | Freezing
Days | Rainy
Days | Snowy
Days |
| January | 0 | 31 | 4 | 3 |
| February | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 |
| March | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 |
| April | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| June | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| August | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 27 | 4 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 31 | 4 | 3 |
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.
Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.
Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.