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Philip Airport, South Dakota

Small airport in Haakon County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Philip Airport

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 69 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Philip Airport

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Philip Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PHP
ICAO
KPHP
IATA
PHP
Field elevation
2,207 ft
Serves
Philip
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PHP
Wind now
From 320° at 31 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 23 unlit3,588 ft120 ftGrass62° / 242°6 mph head, on 2330 mph from the right
12 / 303,998 ft75 ftAsphalt128° / 308°30 mph head, on 306 mph from the right
052312301,000 ftN320° 31 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 Philip (PHP), Philip Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

45 F at 9 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 PM.

Now
45F
9 PM
Highest
56F
11 AM
Lowest
45F
7 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Philip, temperature from 45.0 to 56.0, the latest 45.0; dew point from 28.0 to 47.0, the latest 29.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2030405060Oct 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 29 F, the air 53% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 1 PM to 96% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
29F
9 PM
Humidity now
53%
Humidity, range
38 to 96%
Relative humidity at Philip, relative humidity from 38 to 96, the latest 53, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 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 35 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 56 mph at 7 PM.

Now
28mph
from the northwest
Strongest
35mph
7 PM
Highest gust
56mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Philip, wind from 0 to 35, the latest 28; gust from 35 to 56, the latest 47, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0204060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Philip, 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

30.53 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.53inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.09inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.40inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Philip, pressure, altimeter from 30.13 to 30.53, the latest 30.53, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.2030.4030.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
4mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Philip, visibility from 3.5 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 2 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
2 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Philip, lowest cloud base from 300 to 10,000, the latest 4,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.31 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 2 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Wettest hour
0.10in
2 AM
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Philip, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.10, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Philip: 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 Philip 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

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,204 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Sd RWIS Cactus FlatsSD513

Beside a road/18.3 mi away/2,618 ft/411 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Pinnacles RAWSPINS2

A remote fire weather station/33.7 mi away/3,074 ft/867 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Philip 2.8 SESD-HK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/2,400 ft/193 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Cottonwood 2ECWDS2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/2,369 ft/162 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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