Sd RWIS MilbankSD594
Beside a road/12.2 mi away/1,079 ft/84 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/South Dakota/Hartford Beach State Park
Now. Hartford Beach State Park is 63° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 80°, and the coolest Monday, near 55°. Rain is possible Monday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:04 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Hartford Beach State Park, South Dakota.
Air quality
Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 41 miles off.
Yesterday measured 33, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Hartford Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sd RWIS MilbankSD594
Beside a road/12.2 mi away/1,079 ft/84 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Milbank1D1
At an airfield/13.1 mi away/1,122 ft/127 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Marvin 9SWMVNS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.9 mi away/1,924 ft/929 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Big Stone City 5.0 WNWSD-GT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/1,142 ft/147 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilmotWMTS2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/1,198 ft/203 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.