Storm Station
Java, South Dakota
63° 64°/55°
Fog· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Patchy fog after 3am. Partly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. East northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
0UV Low
21Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:15 AM
63feels63
now, fog
Today
Sep 27
6455
22%
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
6954
84%
18mph
showers light
Tue
Sep 29
7658
84%
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
7758
18mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6248
15mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6644
20mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7453
20mph
overcast
63°
64°55°
69°54°
76°58°
77°58°
62°48°
66°44°
74°53°

As of 1:15 AM in Java, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Java, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sd RWIS SelbySD609

Beside a road/5.0 mi away/2,064 ft/37 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank291of 427

MobridgeMBG

At an airfield/25.4 mi away/1,690 ft/411 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank22of 427

Sand Lake RAWSLLKS2

A remote fire weather station/34.6 mi away/2,011 ft/90 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank33of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Java 1.9 SESD-WL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/2,156 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mobridge-20MI.ESBYS2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/1,864 ft/237 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mobridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.4 mi from Java. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Mobridge, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOBRIDGESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEMobridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mobridge: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 96 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBGFIG. B THE AIR AT MOBRIDGETHE 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 56.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEMobridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mobridge, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 6 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 MBGFIG. C THE WIND AT MOBRIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMobridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mobridge, 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 Java

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