Storm Station
Prairie City, South Dakota
56°
Clear· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 6 mph N
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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57%Humidity
7%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Prairie City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sd RWIS Prairie CitySD606

Beside a road/8.5 mi away/2,756 ft/136 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank386of 427

Buffalo 13 ESE94081

At a climate reference station/23.4 mi away/2,883 ft/9 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Buffalo 13ESEBCRS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/2,881 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank80of 427

Buffalo2WX

At an airfield/35.7 mi away/3,015 ft/123 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Bison 8.7 WSD-PK-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/2,864 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BisonBISS2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/2,789 ft/103 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Buffalo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.7 mi from Prairie City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Buffalo: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2WXFIG. B THE AIR AT BUFFALOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.0 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEBuffalo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2WX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Buffalo, north up: at 6 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 2WXFIG. C THE WIND AT BUFFALOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuffalo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2WX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 3,015 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.80 inHg and the temperature at 48.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.13 inHg means its barometer reads 26.99 inHg; it reports 52.0 F, 3.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Buffalo stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,015 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.13 and the station pressure it means, 26.99.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2WXFIG. D WHERE BUFFALO STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBUFFALO10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,015 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.13 inHgITS BAROMETER READS26.99 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.0 FTITLEBuffalo, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2WX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Buffalo, in 5 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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