Temperature
54 F at 12 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 28 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 54F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 28F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Dakota/Sturgis Municipal Airport
Sturgis Municipal Airport, South Dakota
Small airport in Meade County, South Dakota52°
59°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 74° after 59° today.
Now. Sturgis Municipal Airport is 52° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 74°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:52 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
4UV Moderate
31Air quality
33%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5930
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
7440
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6349
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6140
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7344
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6951
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7250
10%
15mph
52°
59°30°
74°40°
63°49°
61°40°
73°44°
69°51°
72°50°
As of 12:00 PM in Sturgis Municipal Airport, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Sturgis Municipal Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 24 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone19Good27 ppb18.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good18.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sturgis Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sturgis Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 49B
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,243 ft
- Serves
- Sturgis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 49B
- Wind now
- From 140° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 5,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | 9 mph head, on 11 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sturgis (49B), Sturgis Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 25 F, the air 32% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 12 PM to 93% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 25F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 32%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southeast at 12 PM; at its strongest 39 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 54 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 39mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 54mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.59 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.59inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.20inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 4,600 ft at 4 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,600ft
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
Sturgis: 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 Sturgis Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sturgis49B
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/3,232 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Piedmont 1SE - Sun Valley 1SVYS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.6 mi away/3,448 ft/205 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sd RWIS KirkSD585
Beside a road/19.7 mi away/5,010 ft/1,767 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort MeadeFTMS2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/3,297 ft/54 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sturgis 4.5 SESD-MD-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/3,810 ft/567 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 Fort Meade (FTMS2), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sturgis Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Blucksberg Mountaincommunity, 6 mi
- Sturgiscity, 7 mi
- Boulder Canyoncommunity, 11 mi
- Crook Citycommunity, 13 mi
- Whitewoodcity, 13 mi
- Valecommunity, 14 mi
- Piedmontcity, 15 mi
- Wonderland Homescommunity, 15 mi
- Summersetcity, 16 mi
- Deadwoodcity, 18 mi
- Blackhawkcommunity, 19 mi
- St. Ongecommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Sturgis Municipal Airport
- Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice FieldSPF, 21 mi
- Ellsworth Air Force BaseRCA, 23 mi
- Rapid City Regional AirportRAP, 30 mi
- Custer County AirportCUT, 49 mi
- Faith Municipal AirportD07, 79 mi
- Philip AirportPHP, 91 mi
- Pine Ridge AirportIEN, 106 mi
- Rosebud Sioux Tribal AirportSUO, 149 mi