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This is the current conditions weather report for Lead. The report was made 39 minutes ago, at 08:35 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 6 miles per hour / 9.3 kilometers per hour from the south (180°). The temperature was 10°F / -12°C, with a dew-point at 10°F / -12°C. The temperature felt like 1°F / -17°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30 inHg / 1017 hPa. The relative humidity was 79%. The skies were clear.

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,027 at the 2000 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line. Lead was originally founded as a company town by the Homestake Gold Mining Company, which ran the nearby Homestake mine. Phoebe Hearst, wife of one of the principals, was instrumental in making Lead a good place to live. She established the Hearst Free Public Library in town, and in 1900 the Hearst Free Kindergarten. She donated regularly to Lead's churches, and provided college scholarships to the children of mine and mill workers. Lead and the Homestake Mine have been selected as the site of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, a proposed NSF facility for low-background experiments on neutrinos, dark matter, and other nuclear physics topics, as well as biology and mine engineering studies.

Lead is located at 44.350967, -103.765784. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²), all land.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

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