Storm Station
Colton, South Dakota
64° 69°/63°
Overcast· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Areas of drizzle and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
29Air quality
97%Humidity
87%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
64feels64
15%
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
6963
15%
fog
Mon
Sep 28
6863
16mph
fog
Tue
Sep 29
6461
82%
16mph
rain light
Wed
Sep 30
6961
31%
fog
Thu
Oct 1
6549
13%
17mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6243
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
6345
20mph
overcast
64°
69°63°
68°63°
64°61°
69°61°
65°49°
62°43°
63°45°

As of 2:45 AM in Colton, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Colton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Sd RWIS Dell RapidsSD520

Beside a road/7.5 mi away/1,591 ft/30 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank313of 427

Sioux Falls 14NESUFS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.6 mi away/1,594 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 427

Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990

At a climate reference station/15.8 mi away/1,594 ft/27 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Eros Data CenterS2072

At a soil climate station/16.1 mi away/1,551 ft/70 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Sioux FallsFSD

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/1,407 ft/214 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank379of 427

measured daily2 instruments

ColtonCOLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,631 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Dell Rapids 7.6 WSD-MH-125

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,649 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sioux Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Colton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:14 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 900 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sioux Falls, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSDFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX FALLSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESioux Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux Falls: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSDFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX FALLSTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESioux Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sioux Falls, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSDFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Colton (COLS2), 0.6 miles from here, read 20 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Colton

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