Temperature
44 F at 7 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Dakota/Pierre Regional Airport
Pierre Regional Airport, South Dakota
Medium airport in Hughes County, South Dakota44°
54°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 17 degrees warmer: a high of 71° after 54° today.
Now. Pierre Regional Airport is 44° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest Monday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:39 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.
0UV Low
-Air quality
62%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
44feels40
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5437
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
7136
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6738
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6337
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6942
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7147
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7247
10%
13mph
44°
54°37°
71°36°
67°38°
63°37°
69°42°
71°47°
72°47°
As of 8:00 PM in Pierre Regional Airport, South Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pierre Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pierre Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PIR
- ICAO
- KPIR
- IATA
- PIR
- Field elevation
- 1,744 ft
- Serves
- Pierre
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PIR
- Wind now
- From 180° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,880 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 77° / 257° | 1 mph head, on 25 | 6 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 6,900 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 5 mph head, on 13 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pierre (PIR), Pierre Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 4 PM to 79% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 62%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 79%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south at 7 PM; at its strongest 33 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 51 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 33mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 51mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.11inHg
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 2,100 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,100ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
- 0.00in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pierre: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pierre Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
PierrePIR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,713 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bad River 2 SW Fort PierreFTPS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/1,440 ft/304 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sd RWIS BluntSD509
Beside a road/13.6 mi away/1,791 ft/47 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pierre 24S94085
At a climate reference station/25.3 mi away/2,123 ft/379 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pierre 0.4 SSESD-HG-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,638 ft/106 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pierre CapitolPRSS2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/1,514 ft/230 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pierre Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pierrecity, 3 mi
- Fort Pierrecity, 5 mi
- Oahe Acrescommunity, 7 mi
- Cow Creekcommunity, 15 mi
- Bluntcity, 17 mi
- Onidacity, 25 mi
- Harroldtown, 29 mi
- Viviancommunity, 32 mi
- Agartown, 33 mi
- Drapertown, 34 mi
- Preshocity, 35 mi
- West Brulecommunity, 39 mi
Airports near Pierre Regional Airport
- Onida Municipal Airport98D, 24 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Airport0D8, 45 mi
- Chamberlain Municipal Airport9V9, 64 mi
- Philip AirportPHP, 69 mi
- Winner Regional AirportICR, 72 mi
- Mobridge Municipal AirportMBG, 81 mi
- Rosebud Sioux Tribal AirportSUO, 83 mi
- Redfield Municipal Airport1D8, 92 mi