Storm Station
Okaton, South Dakota
60° 66°/56°
Clear· Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph WNW
Partly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. Northeast wind around 8 mph.
0UV Low
20Air quality
91%Humidity
8%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
60feels60
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6656
26%
14mph
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
7562
55%
20mph
drizzle light
Tue
Sep 29
7462
55%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7562
17mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6350
15mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7248
19mph
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
7958
20mph
overcast
60°
66°56°
75°62°
74°62°
75°62°
63°50°
72°48°
79°58°

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Okaton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sd RWIS BelvidereSD507

Beside a road/10.4 mi away/2,375 ft/55 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank335of 427

Pierre 24SPRES2

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.5 mi away/2,110 ft/210 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 427

Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/28.5 mi away/2,123 ft/197 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/36.7 mi away/2,204 ft/116 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Okaton 2.6 NWSD-JN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/2,234 ft/86 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MurdoMURS2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/2,313 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Philip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.7 mi from Okaton. 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

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