Storm Station
Maxwell Colony, South Dakota
65°
Overcast· Feels like 65°·Light air 3 mph SE
Patchy fog before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
87%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Maxwell Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sd RWIS FreemanSD530

Beside a road/12.8 mi away/1,591 ft/396 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank324of 427

YanktonYKN

At an airfield/22.3 mi away/1,278 ft/83 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank417of 427

measured daily2 instruments

MennoMNOS2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/1,335 ft/140 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Lesterville 6.3 NNESD-YN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/1,289 ft/94 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Yankton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.3 mi from Maxwell Colony. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Yankton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER YANKTONSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEYankton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Yankton: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. B THE AIR AT YANKTONTHE 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 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 65.0 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 POINTTITLEYankton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKN-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 Yankton, 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 YKNFIG. C THE WIND AT YANKTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEYankton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Menno (MNOS2), 4.9 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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Near Maxwell Colony

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