Citizen station GW4277GW4277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,431 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Dakota/Lake Alvin Beach
Lake Alvin Beach, South Dakota
Beach in Lincoln County, South Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible, with the coldest readings expected east of Interstate 29. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
44°
51°/39°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 36°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lake Alvin Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 60° after 51° today.
Now. Lake Alvin Beach is 44° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
76%Humidity
82%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels36
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5139
10%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6639
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7042
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7354
14%
44°
51°39°
60°30°
66°39°
66°41°
70°42°
74°51°
73°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Lake Alvin Beach, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Lake Alvin Beach
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 9 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Alvin Beach
0.66 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.66in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Alvin Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 43.4428° N
- Longitude
- 96.6144° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Lake Alvin Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Sioux FallsFSD
At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,407 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sd RWIS DavisSD519
Beside a road/15.4 mi away/1,299 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990
At a climate reference station/19.8 mi away/1,594 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Sioux Falls 14NESUFS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/1,594 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Eros Data CenterS2072
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/1,551 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Harrisburg 4.3 ESD-LN-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,405 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sioux FallsJACS2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/1,522 ft/- ft from 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 (JACS2), 6.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Dakota
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lake Alvin Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Shindlercommunity, 2 mi
- Harrisburgcity, 4 mi
- Andersoncommunity, 5 mi
- Rowenacommunity, 6 mi
- Pine Lakes Additioncommunity, 8 mi
- Sioux Fallscity, 9 mi
- Cantoncity, 10 mi
- Great Bearski area, 10 mi
- Brandoncity, 10 mi
- Worthingcity, 11 mi
- Teacity, 11 mi
- Valley Springscity, 12 mi
Beaches near Lake Alvin Beach
- Hobie Cat Beach59 mi
- Pebble Beach63 mi
- Sunset Beach (historical)108 mi
- Hartford Beach State Park135 mi
- South Beach141 mi
- North Beach142 mi
- Lake Louise Beach150 mi
- stockdam shore151 mi