Storm Station
Ardmore, South Dakota
58° 63°/54°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE
Partly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. East wind 6 to 9 mph.
0UV Low
32Air quality
61%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:45 AM
58feels58
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6354
17%
13mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7856
50%
16mph
rain
Tue
Sep 29
7760
50%
13mph
drizzle light
Wed
Sep 30
7759
18mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6550
15mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
8153
22mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7958
14%
26mph
overcast
58°
63°54°
78°56°
77°60°
77°59°
65°50°
81°53°
79°58°

As of 1:45 AM in Ardmore, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ardmore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sheps Canyon RAWSSDSS2

A remote fire weather station/20.8 mi away/3,322 ft/237 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank27of 427

Sd RWIS EdgemontSD521

Beside a road/26.7 mi away/3,842 ft/283 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank409of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Ardmore 1.3 SSWSD-FR-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/3,578 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

EdgemontEMTS2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/3,484 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sheps Canyon RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.8 mi from Ardmore. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:16 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 47.9 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sheps Canyon RAWS: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.9, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. B THE AIR AT SHEPS CANYON RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.2 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 47.9 FSPREAD 17.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (34 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sheps Canyon RAWS, north up: blowing from 34 degrees, the northeast, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. C THE WIND AT SHEPS CANYON RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 34°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,322 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.50 inHg and the temperature at 47.2 F; it reports 65.0 F, 17.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sheps Canyon RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,322 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.50 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. D WHERE SHEPS CANYON RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESHEPS CANYON RAWS11 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,322 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.50 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sheps Canyon RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Edgemont (EMTS2), 21.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ardmore

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