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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
408 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
DISCUSSION
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA, ALTHOUGH WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN AROUND 20 MPH OR LESS. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL
SD.
ON MONDAY, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SWITCH TO A NORTH-NORTHWEST
DIRECTION AND GUST TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL SD.
HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO BE A BIT HIGHER ON MONDAY AND RANGE FROM 50
TO 60 PERCENT.
SDZ045-090015-
JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF MURDO
408 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
SDZ003-015-033>037-048-051-090015-
CORSON-DEWEY-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, ISABEL, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA,
PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
408 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026 /308 AM MST SUN FEB 8 2026/
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS
SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
CLOSELY MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ004>011-016>023-090015-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, HERREID, EUREKA,
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, GETTYSBURG,
FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, AND CLEAR LAKE
408 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2026
..LOW FIRE DANGER
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE
PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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