Storm Station
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
68°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 68°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. East wind around 5 mph.
-UV
19Air quality
79%Humidity
50%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Pierre, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bad River 2 SW Fort PierreFTPS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/1,440 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank111of 427

PierrePIR

At an airfield/4.7 mi away/1,713 ft/282 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank18of 427

Sd RWIS BluntSD509

Beside a road/18.0 mi away/1,791 ft/360 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank285of 427

Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/23.7 mi away/2,123 ft/692 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Fort Pierre 0.5 ESESD-ST-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,424 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Pierre CapitolPRSS2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/1,514 ft/83 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pierre, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from Fort Pierre. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:22 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Pierre, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 6 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 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

63.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Pierre: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 63.0 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 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

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pierre, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT 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 Fort Pierre

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