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Beside a road/4.5 mi away/3,117 ft/336 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/South Dakota/J B Pass
J B Pass, South Dakota
Mountain pass in Harding County, South Dakota, at 3,453 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.
38°
50°/37°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 26°·Strong breeze 29 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for J B 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. J B Pass is 38° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 29 mph, gusting to 49 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 25° 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 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
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 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
59%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
38feels26
29mph
Today
Oct 15
5037
40mph
Fri
Oct 16
5124
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7535
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6341
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6135
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6938
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6743
mostly clear day
38°
50°37°
51°24°
75°35°
63°41°
61°35°
69°38°
67°43°
As of 9:00 PM in J B Pass, South Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at J B Pass
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 58%
Visibility
How far you can see at J B Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,453 ft
- County
- Harding County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 45.4122° N
- Longitude
- 103.2202° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest J B Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Buffalo 13 ESE94081
At a climate reference station/7.8 mi away/2,883 ft/570 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Buffalo 13ESEBCRS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/2,881 ft/572 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Buffalo2WX
At an airfield/20.6 mi away/3,015 ft/438 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bison 24.1 SWSD-PK-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.7 mi away/2,785 ft/668 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HooverHVRS2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/2,841 ft/612 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 J B Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Buffalotown, 20 mi
- Prairie Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Badlandsfeature, 27 mi
- Bisontown, 37 mi
- Camp Crooktown, 38 mi
- Newellcity, 49 mi
- Nislandtown, 54 mi
- Valecommunity, 55 mi
- Fruitdaletown, 56 mi
- Belle Fourchecity, 60 mi
- Lemmoncity, 63 mi
- Faithcity, 63 mi
Mountain passes near J B Pass
- Summit Pass4 mi
- Riley Pass32 mi
- Fuller Pass34 mi
- Craig Pass35 mi
- O'Neil Pass92 mi
- Sage Creek Pass119 mi
- Dillon Pass120 mi
- Big Foot Pass125 mi