Storm Station
St. Francis, South Dakota
58°
Mostly clear· Feels like 58°·Light air 2 mph S
Areas of fog before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 3 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
15%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest St. Francis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RosebudSUO

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/2,700 ft/275 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 427

Sd RWIS MissionSD546

Beside a road/15.5 mi away/2,792 ft/183 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank229of 427

Magpie Creek RAWSPRMS2

A remote fire weather station/17.1 mi away/2,844 ft/131 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank114of 427

measured daily2 instruments

St. Francis 6.7 SESD-TD-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/2,921 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mission 14SMSNS2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/2,769 ft/206 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rosebud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from St. Francis. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 200 ft, broken at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Rosebud, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROSEBUDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLERosebud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 55.4 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 Rosebud: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 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 SUOFIG. B THE AIR AT ROSEBUDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 55.4 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 POINTTITLERosebud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUO-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 Rosebud, 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 SUOFIG. C THE WIND AT ROSEBUDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERosebud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mission 14S (MSNS2), 15.0 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near St. Francis

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