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Beside a road/5.0 mi away/2,927 ft/229 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/South Dakota/Fuller Pass
Fuller Pass, South Dakota
Mountain pass in Harding County, South Dakota, at 3,156 ftFreeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwestern and southwestern South Dakota. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until 11 PM MDT this evening. For the Freeze Warning, from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Sudden wind gusts can cause drivers to lose control, especially in lightweight or high profile vehicles. Strong winds can cause blowing dust, reduced visibility, and flying debris. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
39°
50°/37°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 26°·Strong breeze 30 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Fuller Pass until 9 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fuller Pass is 39° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 30 mph, gusting to 47 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° by 6 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 Saturday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
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 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
24Air quality
70%Humidity
45%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
39feels26
30mph
Today
Oct 15
5037
40mph
Fri
Oct 16
5225
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7636
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6236
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
7039
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6844
mostly clear day
39°
50°37°
52°25°
76°36°
64°43°
62°36°
70°39°
68°44°
As of 9:00 PM in Fuller Pass, South Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Fuller Pass
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 74 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fuller Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fuller Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,156 ft
- County
- Harding County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 45.8761° N
- Longitude
- 103.4799° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fuller Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Buffalo2WX
At an airfield/19.0 mi away/3,015 ft/141 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Buffalo 13ESEBCRS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.3 mi away/2,881 ft/275 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Buffalo 13 ESE94081
At a climate reference station/26.7 mi away/2,883 ft/273 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ludlow 8.8 NWSD-HR-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/2,981 ft/175 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ladner 9 SWLADS2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.4 mi away/3,133 ft/23 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.
AberdeencityBadlandsfeatureBelle FourchecityBlack Elk PeakfeatureBlack HillsfeatureBrookingscityCustercityDeadwoodcityGreat Bearski areaHot SpringscityHuroncityLake OahefeatureLeadcityMitchellcityPierrecityRapid CitycitySioux FallscitySpearfishcitySturgiscityTerry Peakski areaVermillioncityWatertowncityWind Cave National ParkfeatureYanktoncity
Near Fuller Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Buffalotown, 20 mi
- Camp Crooktown, 33 mi
- Prairie Citycommunity, 40 mi
- Bisontown, 55 mi
- Badlandsfeature, 58 mi
- Lemmoncity, 63 mi
- Newellcity, 80 mi
- Nislandtown, 83 mi
- Fruitdaletown, 84 mi
- Morristowntown, 85 mi
- Belle Fourchecity, 85 mi
- Valecommunity, 87 mi
Mountain passes near Fuller Pass
- Riley Pass2 mi
- Craig Pass4 mi
- J B Pass34 mi
- Summit Pass38 mi
- O'Neil Pass119 mi
- Sage Creek Pass153 mi
- Dillon Pass154 mi
- Big Foot Pass160 mi