Citizen station GW4277GW4277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,431 ft/104 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/South Dakota/Lake Alvin State Recreation Area
Now. Lake Alvin State Recreation Area is 61° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 81°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. Rain is possible Monday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:07 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 31 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, South Dakota.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 8 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 3 days, to Tue 1 AM. 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 8 instruments nearest Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Citizen station GW4277GW4277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,431 ft/104 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sioux FallsFSD
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/1,407 ft/80 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sd RWIS DavisSD519
Beside a road/15.1 mi away/1,299 ft/28 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990
At a climate reference station/20.1 mi away/1,594 ft/267 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Sioux Falls 14NESUFS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.5 mi away/1,594 ft/267 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Eros Data CenterS2072
At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/1,551 ft/224 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Harrisburg 4.3 ESD-LN-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,405 ft/78 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sioux FallsJACS2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,522 ft/195 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sioux Falls (JACS2), 6.5 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.