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Beside a road/5.6 mi away/2,927 ft/333 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/South Dakota/Riley Pass
Riley Pass, South Dakota
Mountain pass in Harding County, South Dakota, at 3,260 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.
37°
50°/37°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 24°·Strong breeze 26 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Riley 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. Riley Pass is 37° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 26 mph, gusting to 43 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 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. 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
75%Humidity
70%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
37feels24
26mph
Today
Oct 15
5037
40mph
Fri
Oct 16
5225
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7636
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6342
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6236
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6939
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6744
mostly clear day
37°
50°37°
52°25°
76°36°
63°42°
62°36°
69°39°
67°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Riley Pass, South Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Riley Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Riley Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,260 ft
- County
- Harding County
- State
- South Dakota
- Latitude
- 45.8411° N
- Longitude
- 103.4757° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Riley Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Buffalo2WX
At an airfield/16.7 mi away/3,015 ft/245 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Buffalo 13ESEBCRS2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.0 mi away/2,881 ft/379 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Buffalo 13 ESE94081
At a climate reference station/24.4 mi away/2,883 ft/377 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ludlow 8.8 NWSD-HR-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/2,981 ft/279 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ladner 9 SWLADS2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.7 mi away/3,133 ft/127 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 Riley Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Buffalotown, 18 mi
- Camp Crooktown, 31 mi
- Prairie Citycommunity, 39 mi
- Bisontown, 54 mi
- Badlandsfeature, 56 mi
- Lemmoncity, 63 mi
- Newellcity, 78 mi
- Nislandtown, 81 mi
- Fruitdaletown, 82 mi
- Belle Fourchecity, 83 mi
- Valecommunity, 84 mi
- Morristowntown, 85 mi
Mountain passes near Riley Pass
- Fuller Pass2 mi
- Craig Pass4 mi
- J B Pass32 mi
- Summit Pass36 mi
- O'Neil Pass116 mi
- Sage Creek Pass151 mi
- Dillon Pass152 mi
- Big Foot Pass157 mi