Temperature
47 F at 10 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Dakota/Sioux Falls Regional Airport
Sioux Falls Regional Airport, South Dakota
Medium airport in Minnehaha County, South Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
46°
57°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Sioux Falls Regional Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sioux Falls Regional Airport is 46° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 21 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
65%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels38
21mph
Today
Oct 15
5743
90%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5139
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6639
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6640
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7042
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
13mph
46°
57°43°
51°39°
60°30°
66°39°
66°40°
70°42°
74°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Sioux Falls Regional Airport, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Sioux Falls Regional Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 4 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sioux Falls Regional Airport
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 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 Sioux Falls Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FSD
- ICAO
- KFSD
- IATA
- FSD
- Field elevation
- 1,429 ft
- Serves
- Sioux Falls
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FSD
- Wind now
- From 310° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 35° / 215° | 2 mph head, on 03 | 21 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 3,151 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 103° / 283° | 19 mph head, on 27 | 10 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | 19 mph head, on 33 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sioux Falls (FSD), Sioux Falls Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 5 PM to 96% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 65%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 43 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.22 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.22inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 AM
- 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 500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.60 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.60in
- Wettest hour
- 0.14in
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sioux Falls: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Sioux Falls Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Sioux FallsFSD
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/1,407 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990
At a climate reference station/11.7 mi away/1,594 ft/165 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Sioux Falls 14NESUFS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/1,594 ft/165 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Eros Data CenterS2072
At a soil climate station/12.5 mi away/1,551 ft/122 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Sd RWIS Dell RapidsSD520
Beside a road/16.3 mi away/1,591 ft/162 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sioux Falls 3.0 NSD-MH-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,421 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,427 ft/2 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 Sioux Falls NWS Wfo AP (FSDS2), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AberdeencityBadlandsfeatureBelle FourchecityBlack Elk PeakfeatureBlack HillsfeatureBrookingscityCustercityDeadwoodcityGreat Bearski areaHot SpringscityHuroncityLake OahefeatureLeadcityMitchellcityPierrecityRapid CitycitySioux FallscitySpearfishcitySturgiscityTerry Peakski areaVermillioncityWatertowncityWind Cave National ParkfeatureYanktoncity
Near Sioux Falls Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sioux Fallscity, 3 mi
- Meadow View Additioncommunity, 3 mi
- Great Bearski area, 4 mi
- Renner Cornercommunity, 5 mi
- Pine Lakes Additioncommunity, 6 mi
- Crookscity, 6 mi
- Andersoncommunity, 8 mi
- Brandoncity, 8 mi
- Shindlercommunity, 10 mi
- Teacity, 10 mi
- Rowenacommunity, 10 mi
- Hartfordcity, 10 mi
Airports near Sioux Falls Regional Airport
- Madison Municipal AirportMDS, 34 mi
- Brookings Regional AirportBKX, 50 mi
- Chan Gurney Municipal AirportYKN, 56 mi
- Harold Davidson FieldVMR, 57 mi
- Mitchell Municipal AirportMHE, 66 mi
- Wilder Airport6E5, 71 mi
- Wagner Municipal AirportAGZ, 86 mi
- Huron Regional AirportHON, 92 mi