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Gettysburg Municipal Airport, South Dakota

Small airport in Potter County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Gettysburg Municipal Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 46 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gettysburg Municipal Airport

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gettysburg Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
0D8
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
2,062 ft
Serves
Gettysburg
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
0D8
Wind now
From 320° at 33 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 22 unlit2,485 ft155 ftTurf53° / 233°2 mph head, on 2233 mph from the right
13 / 314,400 ft75 ftAsphalt143° / 323°33 mph head, on 312 mph from the left
042213311,000 ftN320° 33 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Gettysburg (0D8), Gettysburg Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 9 PM; 49 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 10 PM Wednesday.

Now
43F
9 PM
Highest
49F
12 PM
Lowest
42F
10 PM Wednesday
Temperature and Dew point at Gettysburg, temperature from 41.6 to 48.8, the latest 42.8; dew point from 32.0 to 46.4, the latest 34.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3035404550Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 35 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 1 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
35F
9 PM
Humidity now
73%
Humidity, range
53 to 100%
Relative humidity at Gettysburg, relative humidity from 53 to 100, the latest 73, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

32 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 33 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 51 mph at 8 PM.

Now
32mph
from the northwest
Strongest
33mph
12 PM
Highest gust
51mph
8 PM
Wind and Gust at Gettysburg, wind from 1 to 33, the latest 32; gust from 30 to 51, the latest 43, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0204060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Gettysburg, wind direction from 100 to 330, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.34 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.34inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.17inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Gettysburg, pressure, altimeter from 30.12 to 30.34, the latest 30.34, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.1030.2030.3030.40Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Gettysburg, visibility from 1.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
2,200ft
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Gettysburg, lowest cloud base from 200 to 7,500, the latest 2,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Gettysburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gettysburg Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Gettysburg0D8

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,060 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Sd RWIS AgarSD501

Beside a road/8.8 mi away/1,886 ft/176 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Blunt 6ENEBLNS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.2 mi away/1,722 ft/340 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gettysburg 0.5 NWSD-PT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/2,069 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Pierre-27MI.NeODAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/20.0 mi away/1,837 ft/225 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pierre-27MI.Ne (ODAS2), 20.0 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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