At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,207 ft/69 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/South Dakota/Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
Medium airport in Meade County, South Dakota57°
78°/51°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 5 mph WNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 78° today.
Now. Ellsworth Air Force Base is 57° and mostly clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 5 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. Precipitation is likely tomorrow (54%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:19 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 47 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
64%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
57feels57
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 30
7851
12mph
Thu
Oct 1
6544
54%
15mph
Fri
Oct 2
7050
13mph
Sat
Oct 3
7145
16mph
Sun
Oct 4
6748
17mph
Mon
Oct 5
7754
12mph
Tue
Oct 6
8051
clear day
57°
78°51°
65°44°
70°50°
71°45°
67°48°
77°54°
80°51°
As of 8:00 AM in Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RCA
- ICAO
- KRCA
- IATA
- RCA
- Field elevation
- 3,276 ft
- Serves
- Rapid City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RCA
- Wind now
- From 330° at 5 mph, read 30 Sep, 07:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 13,497 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 139° / 319° | 5 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ellsworth Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sd RWIS EllsworthSD523
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/3,071 ft/205 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rapid City - Rapid Creek above WRFRCVS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/3,014 ft/262 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Box Elder 0.5 NESD-PN-101
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/3,082 ft/194 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wfo Rapid CityUNRS2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/3,356 ft/80 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wfo Rapid City (UNRS2), 7.3 miles from here, read 30 Sep, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ellsworth Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ashland Heightscommunity, 1 mi
- Box Eldercity, 2 mi
- Rapid Valleycommunity, 6 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 7 mi
- Rapid Citycity, 8 mi
- Blackhawkcommunity, 10 mi
- Summersetcity, 12 mi
- Caputacommunity, 12 mi
- Wonderland Homescommunity, 13 mi
- Piedmontcity, 13 mi
- New Underwoodcity, 14 mi
- Colonial Pine Hillscommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Ellsworth Air Force Base
- Rapid City Regional AirportRAP, 7 mi
- Sturgis Municipal Airport49B, 23 mi
- Custer County AirportCUT, 38 mi
- Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice FieldSPF, 41 mi
- Philip AirportPHP, 75 mi
- Faith Municipal AirportD07, 81 mi
- Pine Ridge AirportIEN, 83 mi
- Rosebud Sioux Tribal AirportSUO, 128 mi