Storm Station
Fordham Colony, South Dakota
64° 72°/61°
Fog· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Areas of fog. Mostly cloudy. Low around 59, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
64feels64
now, fog
Today
Sep 27
7261
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7157
25%
18mph
fog
Tue
Sep 29
7163
77%
20mph
drizzle
Wed
Sep 30
7662
15mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6449
18mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6545
19mph
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
7151
24mph
overcast
64°
72°61°
71°57°
71°63°
76°62°
64°49°
65°45°
71°51°

As of 3:30 AM in Fordham Colony, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fordham Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sd RWIS DolandSD613

Beside a road/17.5 mi away/1,289 ft/187 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank330of 427

Desmet6E5

At an airfield/28.8 mi away/1,726 ft/250 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 427

Big Sioux River 3 NW WatertownWBSS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/39.2 mi away/1,726 ft/250 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank122of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Carpenter 0.0 NSD-CK-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/1,454 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Clark No2CAKS2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,801 ft/325 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Desmet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.8 mi from Fordham Colony. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 500 ft, overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Desmet, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6E5FIG. A THE SKY OVER DESMETSECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLEDesmet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-6E5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Desmet: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6E5FIG. B THE AIR AT DESMETTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLEDesmet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-6E5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Desmet, 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 6E5FIG. C THE WIND AT DESMETPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDesmet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-6E5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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Near Fordham Colony

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