Storm Station
St. Charles, South Dakota
65°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
Widespread fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
21Air quality
93%Humidity
49%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest St. Charles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lake Andes RAWSRLAS2

A remote fire weather station/20.6 mi away/1,709 ft/366 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank69of 427

Sd RWIS Platte-Winner BridgeSD554

Beside a road/20.9 mi away/1,404 ft/671 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank348of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Burke 10.5 SSESD-GY-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/2,111 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Winner 24MI.SeGRGS2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.9 mi away/2,162 ft/87 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lake Andes RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.6 mi from St. Charles. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:41 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

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.

Chart of the air at Lake Andes RAWS: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RLAS2FIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE ANDES RAWSTHE 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLELake Andes RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP RLAS2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RLAS2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (125 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lake Andes RAWS, north up: blowing from 125 degrees, the southeast, 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 RLAS2FIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE ANDES RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 125°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Andes RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP RLAS2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RLAS2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,709 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.12 inHg and the temperature at 52.9 F; it reports 63.0 F, 10.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lake Andes RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,709 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.12 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RLAS2FIG. D WHERE LAKE ANDES RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERELAKE ANDES RAWS6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,709 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 HERE28.12 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLELake Andes RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP RLAS2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RLAS2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lake Andes RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near St. Charles

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