Temperature
52 F at 4 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 41 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 4 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 41F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Dakota/Milbank Municipal Airport
Milbank Municipal Airport, South Dakota
Small airport in Grant County, South Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...In Minnesota, Big Stone and Traverse Counties. In South Dakota, Codington, Deuel, Grant, and Hamlin Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
50°
52°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Milbank Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees warmer: a high of 63° after 52° today.
Now. Milbank Municipal Airport is 50° and clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 40° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 10 PM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
24Air quality
37%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
50feels50
12mph
Today
Oct 16
5237
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6334
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6745
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6441
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6942
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7249
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7149
overcast
50°
52°37°
63°34°
67°45°
64°41°
69°42°
72°49°
71°49°
As of 5:00 PM in Milbank Municipal Airport, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Milbank Municipal Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 36 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone24Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Milbank Municipal Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Milbank Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1D1
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,118 ft
- Serves
- Milbank
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1D1
- Wind now
- From 330° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 16:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 unlit | 3,586 ft | 155 ft | Turf | 72° / 252° | 3 mph head, on 25 | 14 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 137° / 317° | 14 mph head, on 31 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Milbank (1D1), Milbank Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 26 F, the air 36% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 26F
- 4 PM
- Humidity now
- 36%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north northwest at 4 PM; at its strongest 33 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 48 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 33mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 48mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.54 inHg at 4 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.54inHg
- 4 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,200 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,200ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Milbank: 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 Milbank 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
Milbank1D1
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,122 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sd RWIS MilbankSD594
Beside a road/4.0 mi away/1,079 ft/39 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Marvin 9SWMVNS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/1,924 ft/806 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
MilbankMLBS2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/1,142 ft/24 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Milbank 0.4 SESD-GT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,153 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Milbank (MLBS2), 3.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Milbank Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Milbankcity, 3 mi
- Big Stone Citycity, 7 mi
- Twin Brookstown, 11 mi
- Coronatown, 12 mi
- Albeetown, 12 mi
- La Bolttown, 14 mi
- Stockholmtown, 15 mi
- Revillotown, 15 mi
- Strandburgtown, 16 mi
- Marvintown, 17 mi
- Wilmotcity, 19 mi
- South Shoretown, 20 mi
Airports near Milbank Municipal Airport
- Watertown Regional AirportATY, 36 mi
- Sisseton Municipal Airport8D3, 37 mi
- Brookings Regional AirportBKX, 65 mi
- Britton Municipal AirportBTN, 70 mi
- Wilder Airport6E5, 73 mi
- Madison Municipal AirportMDS, 88 mi
- Aberdeen Regional AirportABR, 91 mi
- Redfield Municipal Airport1D8, 99 mi