Yankton, South Dakota 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Yankton SD
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Yankton SD
Issued by: National Weather Service Sioux Falls, SD |
Updated: 10:57 pm CDT Aug 11, 2025 |
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Tonight
 Mostly Clear
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Tuesday
 Sunny
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Tuesday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Wednesday
 Sunny
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Wednesday Night
 Partly Cloudy then Chance T-storms
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Thursday
 Mostly Sunny
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Thursday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Friday
 Mostly Sunny
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Friday Night
 Mostly Cloudy
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Lo 65 °F |
Hi 82 °F |
Lo 59 °F |
Hi 87 °F |
Lo 70 °F |
Hi 93 °F |
Lo 73 °F |
Hi 94 °F |
Lo 73 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Tonight
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Mostly clear, with a low around 65. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. |
Tuesday
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Sunny, with a high near 82. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. |
Tuesday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 59. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. |
Wednesday
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Sunny, with a high near 87. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. |
Wednesday Night
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A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. |
Thursday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. |
Thursday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. |
Friday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. |
Friday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. |
Saturday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. |
Saturday Night
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A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. |
Sunday Night
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A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. |
Monday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Yankton SD.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
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FXUS63 KFSD 120337
AFDFSD
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1037 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Areas of wildfire smoke across far eastern South Dakota,
southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa will drift eastward
this evening, resulting in improving air quality.
- A weak cold front will drift southward this evening and
overnight, resulting in a 20-30 percent chance for showers and
thunderstorms along and north of the Highway 14 corridor. The
risk for severe weather is low.
- There is a 30 to 50 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms
Wednesday night. A few thunderstorms may become strong to
severe.
- Higher heat and humidity return Thursday into the weekend when
afternoon heat index values could approach 100 degrees,
especially south of I-90. There is also additional chances for
showers and thunderstorms during this period (20-40 percent).
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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 254 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
1930Z satellite imagery, combined with surface observations,
show lingering wildfire smoke along and east of a line from
roughly Brookings to Yankton. Visibility is these areas is as
low as 3 to 5 miles. HRRR smoke model shows this area drifting
eastward late this afternoon and evening, resulting in improved
visibility and air quality.
Later this evening, a short-wave trough moves along the Canadian
border with an attendant surface cold front draped southwestward
into southwest MN and southeast SD. Latest guidance suggests
some showers and thunderstorms may develop along this boundary,
primarily impacting the Hwy 14 corridor and points north.
Despite modest instability, the best deep layer forcing remains
north of the forecast area, so the severe weather threat is low.
Surface high pressure builds across the region Tuesday, resulting
in dry, mostly sunny conditions. Temperatures will also be a
bit cooler as tonight`s frontal passage ushers in a slightly
cooler air mass. Expect afternoon highs in the upper 70s to
lowers 80s.
High pressure drifts eastward Wednesday with low pressure
developing along the lee of the Rockies in response to a short-
wave undercutting the 500 hPa ridge across the southern Canadian
Prairies. This allows for southerly return flow and increasing
moisture. As this wave moves across the Dakotas/Minnesota, look
for increasing shower and thunderstorm chances Wednesday night.
While the forecast area isn`t currently outlooked for severe
weather, instability/shear may support a few stronger to severe
storms.
Thursday into the weekend, the primary focus will be increasing
heat and humidity as a 500 hPa ridge tries to reassert itself
across the southern/central Plains. A return of temperatures in
the mid 80s to mid 90s and dewpoints in the upper 60s to mid 70s
could result in some heat index values approaching 100 degrees,
especially south of I-90. Quasi-zonal flow aloft during this
period may allow embedded short-waves to move across the region,
increasing the threat for showers and storms. Not enough
confidence in the mesoscale details at this time to go above the
NBM`s 20-40 percent POPs.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 1035 PM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
Wildfire smoke will continue to pull slowly eastward out of the
area tonight. A frontal boundary will push southeastward across
the area, and this will bring scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms to areas mainly through the Highway 14 corridor
and northward. Winds will transition to northwesterly with the
passage of the front. With light winds residing over northwest
IA later tonight, there will a 30-50% probability for patchy fog
over that area through Tuesday morning. VFR conditions are
expected to prevail through the remainder of the TAF period.
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.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...None.
MN...None.
IA...None.
NE...None.
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$$
DISCUSSION...Rogers
AVIATION...JM
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