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Brookings, SD weather

It is 52°F and fog/mist at Brookings, Brookings Municipal Airport as of Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Overnight: Patchy Fog, low near 46°F. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 2:03 AM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 4:28 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

52°F

Fog/Mist

Wind

SSW 11 mph

Humidity 100% · dew point 52°F

Pressure · visibility

—

Visibility 4 mi

Observed at Brookings, Brookings Municipal Airport (KBKX), Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

No active NWS alerts cover the Brookings forecast zone right now.

Around the NWS FSD forecast area

No active alerts in zones served by the FSD office near Brookings.

From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 5:12 AM EDT. South Dakota has 1 active alert: see it.

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Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Brookings (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 6 AM48°FAreas Of Fog2%S 10 mph
Wed 7 AM48°FAreas Of Fog4%SSE 10 mph
Wed 8 AM50°FPatchy Fog13%SSE 10 mph
Wed 9 AM51°FPatchy Fog10%SSE 10 mph
Wed 10 AM53°FSlight Chance Rain Showers22%S 10 mph
Wed 11 AM57°FChance Rain Showers29%S 15 mph
Wed 12 PM58°FChance Rain Showers39%S 15 mph
Wed 1 PM58°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms54%S 15 mph
Wed 2 PM59°FShowers And Thunderstorms Likely63%SSW 15 mph
Wed 3 PM58°FShowers And Thunderstorms Likely64%SSW 15 mph
Wed 4 PM57°FChance Rain Showers53%WSW 15 mph
Wed 5 PM57°FChance Rain Showers30%W 10 mph
Wed 6 PM55°FMostly Cloudy13%WNW 10 mph
Wed 7 PM53°FMostly Cloudy0%WNW 10 mph
Wed 8 PM50°FMostly Cloudy0%WNW 10 mph
Wed 9 PM49°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 10 mph
Wed 10 PM47°FMostly Clear0%NW 10 mph
Wed 11 PM46°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 10 mph
Thu 12 AM44°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 5 mph
Thu 1 AM43°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 5 mph
Thu 2 AM42°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 5 mph
Thu 3 AM41°FMostly Cloudy0% 0 mph
Thu 4 AM40°FMostly Cloudy0% 0 mph
Thu 5 AM39°FMostly Cloudy0% 0 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Brookings can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 46°F

Patchy fog. Cloudy. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

High 62°F·Low 37°F

Patchy fog before 9am, then a chance of rain showers and patchy fog between 9am and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 5pm. Cloudy. High near 62, with temperatures falling to around 59 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 0 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

High 58°F·Low 37°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday

High 58°F·Low 41°F

Partly sunny, with a high near 58. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Saturday

High 59°F·Low 48°F

A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 48.

Sunday

High 62°F·Low 50°F

A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Monday

High 58°F·Low 44°F

Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday

High 55°F

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Brookings is served by the National Weather Service FSD forecast office, forecast zone SDZ040, county zone SDC011.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Brookings (44.3034, -96.7873), in Brookings County. Population: 24,555 (2024 estimate), number 4 of the 5 South Dakota cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KFSD. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/44.3034,-96.7873 (forecast issued Oct 28, 2:03 AM CDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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