Storm Station
Cow Creek, South Dakota
65° 65°/58°
Clear· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 4 mph ESE
Patchy fog after 5am. Partly cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 62 overnight. East northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
0UV Low
19Air quality
92%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
2:15 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6558
22%
12mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7557
59%
18mph
showers light
Tue
Sep 29
7762
59%
13mph
drizzle
Wed
Sep 30
7963
18mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6551
13mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7149
22mph
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
7957
21mph
overcast
65°
65°58°
75°57°
77°62°
79°63°
65°51°
71°49°
79°57°

As of 2:15 AM in Cow Creek, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cow Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Oahe DamPIES2

At a dam/7.9 mi away/1,597 ft/51 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank258of 427

Sd RWIS OkobojoSD632

Beside a road/10.7 mi away/1,844 ft/196 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank340of 427

PierrePIR

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,713 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank18of 427

Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/37.4 mi away/2,123 ft/475 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Pierre 14.1 NNWSD-SL-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,655 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oahe DamPIES2

At a dam/8.4 mi away/1,657 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pierre, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Cow Creek. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 400 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Pierre, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIRFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIERRESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEPierre, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PIRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PIR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 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 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Pierre: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 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 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIRFIG. B THE AIR AT PIERRETHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 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 POINTTITLEPierre, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PIR-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 Pierre, 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 PIRFIG. C THE WIND AT PIERREPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPierre, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PIR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pierre, 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 Cow Creek

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