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Ashland Heights, South Dakota

Community in Pennington County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Ashland Heights

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 8 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-8.2 mi
  • Ozone34Good40 ppb9.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good8.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ashland Heights

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ashland Heights, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

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On the radar over Ashland Heights, South DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ashland Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Box Elder 1.3 SSWSD-PN-91

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3,104 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wfo Rapid CityUNRS2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/3,356 ft/225 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank737of 817

Station report

The weather at Ellsworth AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from Ashland Heights, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ellsworth AFB, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELLSWORTH AFBSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEllsworth AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 22.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ellsworth AFB: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 22.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCAFIG. B THE AIR AT ELLSWORTH AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.5 FTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 22.0 FSPREAD 17.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEEllsworth AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Ellsworth AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCAFIG. C THE WIND AT ELLSWORTH AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEllsworth AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RCA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ellsworth AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wfo Rapid City (UNRS2), 5.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ashland Heights

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ashland Heights

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