WatertownATY
At an airfield/4.6 mi away/1,725 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Parks/South Dakota/Sandy Shore State Recreation Area
Sandy Shore State Recreation Area, South Dakota
State Recreation Area in Codington County, South Dakota62°
78°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 13 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 78° today.
Now. Sandy Shore State Recreation Area is 62° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 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 78°, and the coolest Monday, near 54°. Rain is possible Monday (33%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 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 28 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
63Air quality
60%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
13mph
Today
Oct 6
7854
15mph
Wed
Oct 7
7048
13mph
Thu
Oct 8
6544
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 9
7146
overcast
Sat
Oct 10
7857
17mph
Sun
Oct 11
6655
16mph
Mon
Oct 12
5445
33%
12mph
62°
78°54°
70°48°
65°44°
71°46°
78°57°
66°55°
54°45°
As of 12:00 AM in Sandy Shore State Recreation Area, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Shore State Recreation Area
Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 5 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good5.4 mi
- Ozone26Good31 ppb5.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)63Moderate5.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 4
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Shore State Recreation Area
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Shore State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Tue 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 435,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,722 ft
- County
- Codington County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 44.8952° N
- Longitude
- 97.2443° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sandy Shore State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Big Sioux River 3 NW WatertownWBSS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/1,726 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sd RWIS ClarkSD516
Beside a road/16.3 mi away/1,818 ft/96 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Watertown 3.2 WSWSD-CD-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,747 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WatertownWATS2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,768 ft/46 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sandy Shore State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Watertowncity, 6 mi
- Henrytown, 11 mi
- Hazeltown, 12 mi
- Florencetown, 12 mi
- Waverlycommunity, 15 mi
- Naplestown, 16 mi
- Castlewoodcity, 16 mi
- Kranzburgtown, 16 mi
- Haytitown, 17 mi
- Garden Citytown, 17 mi
- Wallacetown, 17 mi
- Silver Lake Colonycommunity, 18 mi