Storm Station
Elkton, South Dakota
63°
Overcast· Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S
Widespread drizzle and areas of fog. Cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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24Air quality
93%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Elkton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SD RWIS WardSD077

Beside a road/14.9 mi away/1,654 ft/96 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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BrookingsBKX

At an airfield/17.4 mi away/1,609 ft/141 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank419of 427

Eros Data CenterS2072

At a soil climate station/34.7 mi away/1,551 ft/199 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990

At a climate reference station/35.5 mi away/1,594 ft/156 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Elkton 4.5 NNWSD-BK-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/1,715 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FlandreauFLAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/1,549 ft/201 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Brookings, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Elkton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:56 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 Brookings, 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 BKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKINGSSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEBrookings, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-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 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Brookings: 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 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKINGSTHE 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, OVC 200 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 POINTTITLEBrookings, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-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 Brookings, 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 BKXFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKINGSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBrookings, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Flandreau (FLAS2), 14.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Elkton

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