Lead, SD Weather Forecast
Lawrence County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lead, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Lead, SD at a glance
Lead is home to about 3,035 people in Lawrence County, across 2.1 square miles. It ranks 25th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Spearfish, 10 miles away.
- County
- Lawrence County
- Population
- 3,035 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,475
- Forecast point
- 44.3528°N, 103.7671°W
How well can the network see Lead?
The nearest Doppler radar is KUDX (Rapid City, SD), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,500 ft above Lead. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KSPF (Spearfish/Clyde Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lead
- Spearfish, SD10 mi
- Sturgis, SD14 mi
- Belle Fourche, SD22 mi
- Summerset, SD24 mi
- Rapid City, SD33 mi
- Box Elder, SD38 mi
- Newcastle, WY41 mi
- Hot Springs, SD66 mi
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