Storm Station
Vale, South Dakota
54° 68°/47°
Clear· Feels like 54°·Light breeze 7 mph NNE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
29Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:30 AM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6847
13mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
7555
32%
18mph
rain light
Tue
Sep 29
7958
27%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7857
21mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6548
14mph
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
8451
20mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7656
24mph
overcast
54°
68°47°
75°55°
79°58°
78°57°
65°48°
84°51°
76°56°

As of 1:30 AM in Vale, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Vale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sturgis49B

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/3,232 ft/464 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 427

Sd RWIS NewellSD617

Beside a road/17.0 mi away/3,130 ft/362 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank407of 427

Spearfish RAWSSFRS2

A remote fire weather station/23.4 mi away/4,253 ft/1,485 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank69of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Newell 6.6 SSD-BT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,762 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NewellNWLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/2,848 ft/80 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sturgis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Vale. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sturgis, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. A THE SKY OVER STURGISSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESturgis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-49B-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sturgis: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. B THE AIR AT STURGISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.4 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLESturgis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-49B-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sturgis, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 7 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 49BFIG. C THE WIND AT STURGISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESturgis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-49B-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Newell (NWLS2), 6.7 miles from here, read 21 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Vale

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