Storm Station
Platte Colony, South Dakota
63°
Mostly clear· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Widespread fog before noon, then patchy drizzle between noon and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
93%Humidity
23%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Platte Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sd RWIS Platte-Winner BridgeSD554

Beside a road/5.4 mi away/1,404 ft/306 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank335of 427

Chamberlain9V9

At an airfield/22.8 mi away/1,672 ft/38 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 427

Lake Andes RAWSRLAS2

A remote fire weather station/23.4 mi away/1,709 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank65of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Academy 2.2 NNWSD-CM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,684 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AcademyACYS2

On a college campus/3.5 mi away/1,670 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chamberlain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.8 mi from Platte Colony. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Chamberlain, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHAMBERLAINSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEChamberlain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9V9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Chamberlain: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. B THE AIR AT CHAMBERLAINTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 63.0 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 POINTTITLEChamberlain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9V9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chamberlain, 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 9V9FIG. C THE WIND AT CHAMBERLAINPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChamberlain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9V9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Academy (ACYS2), 3.5 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Platte Colony

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