Storm Station
Philip, South Dakota
57° 63°/55°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 4 mph WSW
Patchy fog after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
0UV Low
22Air quality
83%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
1:45 AM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6355
21%
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7860
50%
20mph
showers
Tue
Sep 29
7762
50%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7861
23mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6451
14mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7550
23mph
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
8059
24mph
overcast
57°
63°55°
78°60°
77°62°
78°61°
64°51°
75°50°
80°59°

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Philip, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/2,204 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 427

Sd RWIS Cactus FlatsSD513

Beside a road/16.2 mi away/2,618 ft/383 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank346of 427

Pinnacles RAWSPINS2

A remote fire weather station/30.6 mi away/3,074 ft/839 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Philip 2.8 SESD-HK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/2,400 ft/165 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cottonwood 2ECWDS2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/2,369 ft/134 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Philip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Philip. 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

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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Near Philip

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