Storm Station
Hecla, South Dakota
65° 69°/57°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 65°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 62 overnight. West southwest wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
24Air quality
94%Humidity
64%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
65feels65
now, partly cloudy
Today
Sep 27
6957
15mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7254
57%
20mph
drizzle dense
Tue
Sep 29
7363
82%
15mph
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
8161
16mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6450
20mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6645
19mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7154
21mph
overcast
65°
69°57°
72°54°
73°63°
81°61°
64°50°
66°45°
71°54°

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hecla, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Aberdeen-20MI.Nne [CCOOP]CBAS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.5 mi away/1,299 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank271of 427

Sd RWIS FrederickSD529

Beside a road/18.4 mi away/1,430 ft/129 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank348of 427

BrittonBTN

At an airfield/20.2 mi away/1,305 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Hecla 7.1 WNWSD-BR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,353 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Britton 9 NWBRTS2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/1,325 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Britton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Hecla. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Britton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTNFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRITTONSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEBritton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BTNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTN-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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Britton: 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTNFIG. B THE AIR AT BRITTONTHE 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, OVC 800 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 POINTTITLEBritton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Britton, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 BTNFIG. C THE WIND AT BRITTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBritton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Britton 9 NW (BRTS2), 10.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Hecla

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