Storm Station
Swift Bird, South Dakota
68°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight. North northeast wind 1 to 8 mph.
-UV
20Air quality
84%Humidity
46%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Swift Bird, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sd RWIS Forest CitySD526

Beside a road/4.9 mi away/1,726 ft/123 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank232of 427

Gettysburg0D8

At an airfield/20.5 mi away/2,060 ft/211 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Agar 15.1 WNWSD-SL-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/1,855 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Pierre-27MI.NeODAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/24.8 mi away/1,837 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gettysburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.5 mi from Swift Bird. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Gettysburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0D8FIG. A THE SKY OVER GETTYSBURGSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEGettysburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0D8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 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 Gettysburg: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 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 0D8FIG. B THE AIR AT GETTYSBURGTHE 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 GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 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 POINTTITLEGettysburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0D8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gettysburg, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 0D8FIG. C THE WIND AT GETTYSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGettysburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0D8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Pierre-27MI.Ne (ODAS2), 24.8 miles from here, read 20 Sep, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Swift Bird

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