Storm Station
Midland, South Dakota
59° 63°/57°
Clear· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 4 mph WNW
Patchy fog. Partly cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. North wind 3 to 8 mph.
0UV Low
21Air quality
90%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
1:45 AM
59feels59
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6357
27%
13mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7761
54%
16mph
drizzle light
Tue
Sep 29
7762
54%
drizzle light
Wed
Sep 30
7861
20mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6552
12mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7450
19mph
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
8060
19mph
overcast
59°
63°57°
77°61°
77°62°
78°61°
65°52°
74°50°
80°60°

As of 1:45 AM in Midland, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Midland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SD RWIS MidlandSD044

Beside a road/1.1 mi away/2,031 ft/148 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/22.1 mi away/2,204 ft/321 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 427

measured daily2 instruments

MidlandMDLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,877 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Midland 1.9 ESD-HK-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,932 ft/49 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Philip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.1 mi from Midland. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Philip, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILIPSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhilip, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 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 Philip: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 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 PHPFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILIPTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.0 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 POINTTITLEPhilip, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PHP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Philip, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, 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 PHPFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILIPPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhilip, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Midland (MDLS2), 0.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Midland

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