LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — From oranges and yellows to greens then finally blues and purples, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map is out from the USDA. Much more of southern South Dakota is now ...

Five of the 10 warmest years in South Dakota history have occurred since 2000, including the warmest in 2012. Three of South Dakota’s 10 wettest years on record have occurred since 2010 ...

Summit hopes to run 2,500 miles (4023 km) of pipeline across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota to capture carbon dioxide from 57 ethanol plants and store it underground.

Impacts of climate change Extreme weather. In 2019, South Dakota experienced 346 wildfires, which burned 2,261 acres. ... South Dakota currently averages 10 heat wave days per year, ...