Weather/South Dakota/Instruments/FMRS2
Fort Meade RAWS
A remote fire weather station in Pennington County, South DakotaA remote fire weather station
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- FMRS2
- Latitude
- 44.43470 N
- Longitude
- 103.46140 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 87 reports in 87 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 12:51 AMCDT, 24 minutes ago
- Air temperature
- 40F
- What it feels like
- 31.8F
- High so far today
- 51F
- Low so far today
- 40F
- Dew point
- 24.7F
- Relative humidity
- 54%
- Wind
- 15mph
- Gust
- 30mph
- Strongest wind today
- 22mph
- Wind direction
- 309°
- Precipitation this hour
- 0in
- Precipitation today
- 0in
Now, today, and the week
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Station charts
Fort Meade RAWS Report
Rank 795 of 806 in South Dakota, Oct 16. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.
Ranking Statistics
247 score68.5of 100
- South Dakota median
- 93.1the median score of 806 stations
- Scoring higher
- 794stations in South Dakota
- Sharing its score
- 1no other station
- Points deducted
- 31.516.9 reports received, 8.2 continuity, 3.2 accuracy, 2.7 forecast check, 0.4 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Forecast checknot measured at this station; South Dakota median 72.6
Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.
- Reports receivedweight 3551.818.1 of 35 pointsSouth Dakota median 98.287 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1095.79.6 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 86.0half its reports arrived within 12 min
- Continuityweight 1017.71.8 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 41 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
- Accuracyweight 2083.816.8 of 20 pointsSouth Dakota median 100.0its temperature against the airport station K49B, 4.0 miles away, over 85 readings: typical difference 3.0 °F beyond a steady offset of +0.5 °F
- Instrument checksweight 15100.015.0 of 15 pointsSouth Dakota median 100.00 of 85 readings failed their check against its reference station
- Forecast checkweight 10-7.3 of 10 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 72.6-
The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.
How each part is scored
- Reports received
- Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
- Arrival
- Full marks for a median arrival within 10 min, none at 60 min
- Continuity
- Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (3 h), none for 72 (72 h)
- Accuracy
- Full marks within 1.9 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.4 °F
- Instrument checks
- Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
- Forecast check
- Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F
- Schedule
- every houron the hour's :51
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 11 of 2445.8% of its schedule, 13 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 87 of 16851.7% of its schedule
- Days reported, 30 days
- 12 of 30
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 41 hoursfrom Oct 12, 5:51 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 15, 11:51 PMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 19 min9 in 10 within 20 min
- Against its reference, 30 days
- +1.4 °Fwarmer than the airport station K49B, 4.0 miles away, on average over 169 readings; typical difference 3.8 °F
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Against its reference: each temperature this station reports is compared with the nearest airport or climate reference station that reported within half an hour, up to 15 miles away. The figure is its reading less the reference's, on average, as both were reported; the typical difference is the root mean square. The difference in height is shown where both heights are known.
Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 303 |
| 90 to 99% | 160 |
| 80 to 89% | 88 |
| 70 to 79% | 166 |
| 60 to 69% | 3 |
| 50 to 59% | 43 |
| 40 to 49% | 37 |
| 30 to 39% | 1 |
| 20 to 29% | 4 |
| 10 to 19% | 0 |
| 0 to 9% | 1 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 795 | 806 | 51.7% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 767 | 794 | 62.5% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 734 | 792 | 73.8% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 706 | 787 | 86.9% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 506 | 795 | 88.6% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 687 | 797 | 74.4% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 735 | 796 | 60.1% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 735 | 796 | 59.5% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 802 | 813 | 32.1% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 827 | 834 | 18.4% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Temperature F | Wind mph | Wind direction ° | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15, 5 PM | 42.0 | 15 | 328 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 4 PM | 45.0 | 20 | 325 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 3 PM | 48.0 | 20 | 327 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 2 PM | 49.0 | 20 | 329 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 1 PM | 51.0 | 20 | 319 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 12 PM | 50.0 | 19 | 322 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 11 AM | 49.0 | 22 | 314 | - | 1 |
| Thu 15, 6 AM | 53.0 | - | - | - | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Temperature F | Wind mph | Wind direction ° | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15, 5 PM | 42.0 | 15 | 328 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 4 PM | 45.0 | 20 | 325 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 3 PM | 48.0 | 20 | 327 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 2 PM | 49.0 | 20 | 329 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 1 PM | 51.0 | 20 | 319 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 12 PM | 50.0 | 19 | 322 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Thu 15, 11 AM | 49.0 | 22 | 314 | - | 1 |
| Thu 15, 6 AM | 53.0 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Wed 14, 3 PM | 54.0 | 9 | 142 | - | 1 |
| Wed 14, 12 PM | 52.0 | 9 | 128 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Wed 14, 11 AM | 52.0 | 10 | 126 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Wed 14, 10 AM | 54.0 | 8 | 99 | - | 1 |
| Mon 12, 5 PM | 44.0 | 9 | 324 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Mon 12, 4 PM | 46.0 | 11 | 328 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Mon 12, 3 PM | 48.0 | 14 | 323 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Mon 12, 2 PM | 49.0 | 15 | 320 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Mon 12, 1 PM | 49.0 | 12 | 327 | - | 1 |
| Mon 12, 6 AM | 49.0 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sun 11, 4 PM | 51.0 | 7 | 92 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 3 PM | 51.0 | 4 | 92 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 2 PM | 52.0 | 3 | 19 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 1 PM | 51.0 | 4 | 10 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 12 PM | 50.0 | 5 | 359 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 11 AM | 50.0 | 5 | 338 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 10 AM | 51.0 | 6 | 344 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 9 AM | 48.0 | 6 | 338 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 8 AM | 46.0 | 5 | 342 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 7 AM | 46.0 | 6 | 332 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 6 AM | 56.8 | 6 | 326 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Sun 11, 5 AM | 47.0 | 6 | 332 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 4 AM | 48.0 | 8 | 328 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 3 AM | 50.0 | 6 | 324 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 2 AM | 51.0 | 4 | 327 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 1 AM | 52.0 | 5 | 323 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sun 11, 12 AM | 55.0 | 5 | 331 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 11 PM | 56.0 | 5 | 318 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 10 PM | 59.0 | 5 | 327 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 9 PM | 62.0 | 7 | 322 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 8 PM | 65.0 | 8 | 318 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 7 PM | 67.0 | 4 | 306 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 6 PM | 71.0 | 2 | 165 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 5 PM | 75.0 | 4 | 35 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 4 PM | 80.0 | 5 | 77 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 3 PM | 82.0 | 7 | 57 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 2 PM | 87.0 | 4 | 237 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 1 PM | 88.0 | 5 | 245 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 12 PM | 88.0 | 5 | 296 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 11 AM | 86.0 | 7 | 280 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 10 AM | 84.0 | 6 | 260 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 9 AM | 82.0 | 6 | 247 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 8 AM | 78.0 | 11 | 239 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 7 AM | 76.0 | 10 | 236 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 6 AM | 74.5 | 10 | 225 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Sat 10, 5 AM | 76.0 | 11 | 230 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 4 AM | 77.0 | 12 | 244 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 3 AM | 77.0 | 13 | 232 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 2 AM | 77.0 | 13 | 222 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 1 AM | 77.0 | 8 | 225 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Sat 10, 12 AM | 78.0 | 10 | 208 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 11 PM | 79.0 | 11 | 211 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 10 PM | 72.0 | 7 | 191 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 9 PM | 74.0 | 8 | 189 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 8 PM | 76.0 | 9 | 190 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 7 PM | 71.0 | 7 | 184 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 6 PM | 77.0 | 6 | 193 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 5 PM | 85.0 | 7 | 215 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 4 PM | 87.0 | 8 | 216 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 3 PM | 89.0 | 6 | 270 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 2 PM | 87.0 | 6 | 47 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 1 PM | 85.0 | 6 | 78 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 12 PM | 82.0 | 4 | 69 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 11 AM | 78.0 | 5 | 70 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 10 AM | 76.0 | 4 | 134 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 9 AM | 69.0 | 1 | 64 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 8 AM | 68.0 | 1 | 182 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 7 AM | 62.0 | 1 | 214 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 6 AM | 61.0 | 2 | 231 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Fri 9, 5 AM | 62.0 | 2 | 223 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 4 AM | 60.0 | 3 | 265 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 3 AM | 60.0 | 3 | 246 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 2 AM | 58.0 | 3 | 273 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 9, 1 AM | 57.0 | 4 | 257 | 0.00 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | High F | Low F | Highest dew point F | Lowest dew point F | Highest humidity % | Lowest humidity % | Strongest gust mph | Precipitation in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 | 51.0 | 42.0 | 32.1 | 24.2 | 52 | 41 | 45 | 0.00 |
| Oct 14 | 54.0 | 52.0 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 73 | 65 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Oct 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Oct 12 | 49.0 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 37.9 | 79 | 75 | 27 | 0.00 |
| Oct 11 | 55.0 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 39.6 | 87 | 56 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Oct 10 | 88.0 | 56.0 | 41.5 | 30.8 | 51 | 16 | 26 | 0.00 |
| Oct 9 | 89.0 | 57.0 | 45.7 | 23.8 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 0.00 |
| Oct 8 | 77.0 | 49.0 | 44.1 | 29.9 | 64 | 29 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Oct 7 | 79.0 | 54.0 | 40.1 | 24.9 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Oct 6 | 81.0 | 60.0 | 36.6 | 21.0 | 34 | 15 | 21 | 0.00 |
| Oct 5 | 89.0 | 64.0 | 54.2 | 34.3 | 52 | 15 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Oct 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |