Precipitation

Seven months in to 2019 has seen near record levels of precipitation across South Dakota. Officials say with more wet weather forecast it is likely a…

Pactola Dam could see the wettest year on record with over 29 inches of rain so far. Right now 2015 is tracking a close second to the record year of 1962.…

SDPB's Charles Michael Ray visited with Laura Edwards, South Dakota State University Extension Climate Field Specialist in Aberdeen. Edwards comments on…

Dr. William Capehart is an Associate Professor Department of Atmospheric Sciences at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He studies how weather…

South Dakota State Climatologist Dennis Todey talks about the state's drought. The state of South Dakota is facing one of its worst droughts in recorded…

South Dakota is facing one of its worst droughts in recorded history. With three-fourths of the state experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought,…