Storm Station
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
56° 61°/52°
Clear· Feels like 56°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Mostly clear, with a low around 52. East wind 2 to 7 mph.
0UV Low
27Air quality
84%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:45 AM
56feels56
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6152
fog
Mon
Sep 28
7859
40%
18mph
showers violent
Tue
Sep 29
7661
40%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7459
20mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6348
14mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7251
27mph
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
7758
13%
27mph
overcast
56°
61°52°
78°59°
76°61°
74°59°
63°48°
72°51°
77°58°

As of 1:45 AM in Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wounded Knee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sd RWIS BateslandSD505

Beside a road/10.1 mi away/3,435 ft/164 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank414of 427

Pine RidgeIEN

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/3,310 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Porcupine RAWSPRGS2

A remote fire weather station/11.3 mi away/3,642 ft/371 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank69of 427

measured daily2 instruments

Wounded Knee 1.5 NESD-OL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3,451 ft/180 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oglala 1SOGAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/3,002 ft/269 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sd RWIS Batesland, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.1 mi from Wounded Knee. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:03 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

54.5 F with a dew point of 51.3 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sd RWIS Batesland: temperature 54.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.3, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD505FIG. B THE AIR AT SD RWIS BATESLANDTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.5 FTEMPERATURE 54.5 FDEW POINT 51.3 FSPREAD 3.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLESd RWIS Batesland, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD505TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SD505-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (74 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 7 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sd RWIS Batesland, north up: blowing from 74 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD505FIG. C THE WIND AT SD RWIS BATESLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 74°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESd RWIS Batesland, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD505TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SD505-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,435 ft above sea level, 12 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.39 inHg and the temperature at 46.8 F; it reports 54.5 F, 7.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sd RWIS Batesland stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,435 feet above sea level with 12 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.39 inches of mercury, and temperature, 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD505FIG. D WHERE SD RWIS BATESLAND 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 ATMOSPHERESD RWIS BATESLAND12 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,435 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 HERE26.39 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE46.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.5 FTITLESd RWIS Batesland, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD505TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SD505-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sd RWIS Batesland, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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