Spot report
🇺🇸The Needles (Black Hills), South Dakota
updated 12:30 local · open-meteo
🧗 Climb· granite spires · base: Custer
Custer State Park's granite needles are a runout-trad heritage area pioneered by Herb and Jan Conn and Fritz Wiessner.
Heads up · Bold, sparsely protected routes; park entry fee
Wind
14 km/h
gusts 22 · from S
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 12 °C
Daylight
07:13 → 18:03
12 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 4
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🧗
Climb
RIDEABLEsending temps — 12 °C
Best windows this week
- Mon 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
sending temps — 10 °C · 12 h
- Tue 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
sending temps — 10 °C · 12 h
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
sending temps — 12 °C · 12 h
This week
Today
17 km/h
2–13 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Tue
18 km/h
8–19 °C
🧗Climb
Wed
13 km/h
7–18 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Thu
18 km/h
10–21 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
38 km/h
6–20 °C · 3 mm
⛵Sailing
Sat
29 km/h
0–9 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
15 km/h
-1–13 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 12 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- 14 km/h → foil, or your biggest kite
- UV 4 — moderate → sunscreen on the exposed bits
- 12 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:13–18:03 → golden hour from 17:03
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