Citizen station GW4277GW4277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,431 ft/104 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/South Dakota/Lake Alvin State Recreation Area
Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, South Dakota
State Recreation Area in Lincoln 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°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lake Alvin State Recreation Area until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Alvin State Recreation Area 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. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
66%Humidity
89%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels38
18mph
Today
Oct 15
5743
91%
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
5139
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6639
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
12mph
46°
57°43°
51°39°
60°30°
66°39°
66°41°
70°43°
74°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Lake Alvin State Recreation Area
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 8 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 Lake Alvin State Recreation Area
0.72 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
- 0.72in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, the next 45 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
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.14 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,327 ft
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 43.4387° N
- Longitude
- 96.6167° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Sioux FallsFSD
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/1,407 ft/80 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sd RWIS DavisSD519
Beside a road/15.1 mi away/1,299 ft/28 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sioux Falls 14 NNE04990
At a climate reference station/20.1 mi away/1,594 ft/267 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Sioux Falls 14NESUFS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.5 mi away/1,594 ft/267 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Eros Data CenterS2072
At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/1,551 ft/224 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Harrisburg 4.3 ESD-LN-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,405 ft/78 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sioux FallsJACS2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,522 ft/195 ft above 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), 6.5 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 State Recreation Area
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
- Cantoncity, 9 mi
- Sioux Fallscity, 9 mi
- Great Bearski area, 10 mi
- Brandoncity, 11 mi
- Worthingcity, 11 mi
- Teacity, 11 mi
- Valley Springscity, 12 mi