Storm Station
Big Stone City, South Dakota
63°
Overcast· Feels like 63°·Light air 4 mph SE
Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 62 overnight. Southeast wind around 2 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
97%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Big Stone City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sd RWIS MilbankSD594

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/1,079 ft/42 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank230of 427

Milbank1D1

At an airfield/6.7 mi away/1,122 ft/85 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 427

Marvin 9SWMVNS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.7 mi away/1,924 ft/887 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Big Stone CityBSTS2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/1,106 ft/69 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Big Stone City 5.0 WNWSD-GT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,142 ft/105 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Milbank, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Big Stone City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Milbank, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1D1FIG. A THE SKY OVER MILBANKSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEMilbank, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1D1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Milbank: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1D1FIG. B THE AIR AT MILBANKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEMilbank, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1D1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Milbank, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1D1FIG. C THE WIND AT MILBANKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilbank, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1D1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Milbank, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Big Stone City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.