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Chamberlain Municipal Airport, South Dakota

Small airport in Brule County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Chamberlain Municipal Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 64 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 Chamberlain Municipal Airport

0.43 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
0.43in
Last 3 days
0.43in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
9V9
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,695 ft
Serves
Chamberlain
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
9V9
Wind now
From 320° at 33 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 314,299 ft75 ftAsphalt141° / 321°33 mph head, on 311 mph from the left
18 / 36 unlit3,403 ft150 ftGrass187° / 7°23 mph head, on 3624 mph from the left
133118361,000 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 Chamberlain (9V9), Chamberlain Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

47 F at 9 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
47F
9 PM
Highest
55F
2 PM
Lowest
46F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Chamberlain, temperature from 46.3 to 55.5, the latest 46.5; dew point from 33.0 to 48.9, the latest 34.1, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF30405060Oct 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 34 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 2 PM to 99% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
34F
9 PM
Humidity now
62%
Humidity, range
52 to 99%
Relative humidity at Chamberlain, relative humidity from 52 to 99, the latest 62, 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

28 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 9 PM.

Now
28mph
from the northwest
Strongest
28mph
4 PM
Highest gust
41mph
9 PM
Wind and Gust at Chamberlain, wind from 0 to 28, the latest 28; gust from 21 to 41, the latest 41, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0204060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Chamberlain, wind direction from 40 to 340, 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

30.38 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.38inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.21inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Chamberlain, pressure, altimeter from 30.16 to 30.38, the latest 30.38, 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 3 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
3mi
5 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Chamberlain, visibility from 2.5 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 300 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
3,600ft
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Chamberlain, lowest cloud base from 300 to 6,000, the latest 3,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 7 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Wettest hour
0.12in
7 AM
Hours with some
5
Precipitation at Chamberlain, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.12, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Chamberlain: 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 Chamberlain Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Chamberlain9V9

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,672 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SD RWIS RelianceSD059

Beside a road/13.4 mi away/1,821 ft/126 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Fort Thompson [CCOOP]LKSS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/1,453 ft/242 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Chamberlain 2.9 SSD-BL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,682 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Chamberlain 5 SCBRS2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,657 ft/38 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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