Today's Weather - Holden, SD
7 PM PST
Partly Cloudy
70°F
| 7 DAY FORECAST | DESCRIPTION | HIGH/LOW | WIND |
|---|
| Tonight | Partly Cloudy | 53° / 81° | SW 10 mph |
| Sunday Night | Mostly Clear then Slight Chance Rain Showers | 46° / 71° | NNE 8 to 12 mph |
| Monday Night | Mostly Clear | 45° / 73° | E 10 mph |
| Tuesday Night | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | 51° / 69° | S 12 to 16 mph |
| Wednesday Night | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy | 46° / 75° | WNW 8 to 14 mph |
| Thursday Night | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 51° / 78° | SSW 13 mph |
| Friday Night | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 50° / 75° | WSW 12 to 15 mph |
Average Monthly High and Low (°F)
| High | Low |
| January | 26° | 5° |
| February | 31° | 10° |
| March | 43° | 21° |
| April | 58° | 33° |
| May | 69° | 45° |
| June | 79° | 55° |
| July | 86° | 60° |
| August | 84° | 58° |
| September | 74° | 48° |
| October | 60° | 35° |
| November | 43° | 21° |
| December | 28° | 9° |
Hot, Freezing, Rainy, Snowy Days: Holden
| Hot
Days | Freezing
Days | Rainy
Days | Snowy
Days |
| January | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 |
| February | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| March | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 |
| April | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| June | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| July | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| August | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| September | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 26 | 3 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 31 | 3 | 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.