Storm Station
Pleasant Valley Colony, South Dakota
63°
Light rain· Feels like 63°·Light air 2 mph SSE
Areas of fog and patchy drizzle before 10am, then patchy drizzle and patchy fog between 10am and 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
-UV
-Air quality
97%Humidity
93%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pleasant Valley Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SD RWIS WardSD077

Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,654 ft/15 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Eros Data CenterS2072

At a soil climate station/23.1 mi away/1,551 ft/88 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990

At a climate reference station/23.9 mi away/1,594 ft/45 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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BrookingsBKX

At an airfield/24.1 mi away/1,609 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank420of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Flandreau 0.2 ESD-MY-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/1,573 ft/66 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FlandreauFLAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,549 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Brookings, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Pleasant Valley Colony. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:11 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 200 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Brookings, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKINGSSECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEBrookings, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 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 Brookings: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 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 BKXFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKINGSTHE 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, BKN 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLEBrookings, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Brookings, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrookings, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Flandreau (FLAS2), 6.4 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Pleasant Valley Colony

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