Temperature
44 F at 12 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Dakota/Onida Municipal Airport
Onida Municipal Airport, South Dakota
Small airport in Sully County, South Dakota* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central and north central South Dakota. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
43°
50°/35°
Overcast·
Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Onida Municipal Airport until 4 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 66° after 50° today.
Now. Onida Municipal Airport is 43° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 24 mph, gusting to 39 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Monday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:37 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.
0UV Low
34Air quality
70%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
43feels33
24mph
Today
Oct 16
5035
28mph
Sat
Oct 17
6635
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6740
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6240
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6843
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
7250
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6949
14mph
43°
50°35°
66°35°
67°40°
62°40°
68°43°
72°50°
69°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Onida Municipal Airport, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Onida Municipal Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 25 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good24.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Onida Municipal Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Onida Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 98D
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,874 ft
- Serves
- Onida
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 98D
- Wind now
- From 340° at 22 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,160 ft | 120 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 8 mph head, on 26 | 21 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 3,800 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | 20 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Onida (98D), Onida Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
26 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 39 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 51 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 26mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 39mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 51mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.47 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.47inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 5 AM 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 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Onida: 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 Onida 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
Onida98D
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,870 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sd RWIS AgarSD501
Beside a road/13.7 mi away/1,886 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blunt 6ENEBLNS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/1,722 ft/152 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Onida 0.2 WSWSD-SL-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,866 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pierre-27MI.NeODAS2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/1,837 ft/37 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pierre-27MI.Ne (ODAS2), 3.3 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Onida Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Onidacity, 2 mi
- Agartown, 10 mi
- Bluntcity, 14 mi
- Oahe Acrescommunity, 20 mi
- Cow Creekcommunity, 21 mi
- Harroldtown, 22 mi
- Gettysburgcity, 23 mi
- Pierrecity, 26 mi
- Fort Pierrecity, 27 mi
- Swift Birdcommunity, 28 mi
- Lebanontown, 30 mi
- Highmorecity, 35 mi
Airports near Onida Municipal Airport
- Gettysburg Municipal Airport0D8, 21 mi
- Pierre Regional AirportPIR, 24 mi
- Mobridge Municipal AirportMBG, 60 mi
- Chamberlain Municipal Airport9V9, 75 mi
- Redfield Municipal Airport1D8, 78 mi
- Philip AirportPHP, 87 mi
- Winner Regional AirportICR, 91 mi
- Huron Regional AirportHON, 95 mi